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Effects of Osteopathic Work to Mother and Child Regarding Foetal Heart Rate, Uterine contractions, Lumbosacral Mobility, and Objective Parameters of Delivery

Journal: Unpublished MSc thesis Wiener Schule für Osteopathie, Date: 2007/03, Pages: 80, type of study: controlled clinical trial

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Keywords:

delivery [35]
pregnancy [142]
female [379]
women [333]
heart rate [63]
lumbosacral mobility [1]
Apgar score [2]
umbilical blood [1]
WSO [433]
controlled clinical trial [283]

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to find out if there is a measurable effect in pregnant women during and after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. 60 late pregnant women were included in the study. In addition to the routine check of late pregnant women (from their 36th week of pregnancy on) the mobility of the Michaelis rhombus (Diamond Test) was examined and a CTG was recorded. Under the CTG Control 30 women were treated with Myofascial Release Techniques in the lumbosacral area. The other 30 women only had their routine CTG control, without a treatment. (They were the control group.) The CTG´s of both groups were analyzed, and the lumbosacral mobility (Michaelis rhombus) was measured again. As birth parameters the duration of pregnancy, duration of stage 1 and 2 of delivery, any additional help (caesarean section, vacuum extraction), the pH of the umbilical blood and the APGAR-Score of the newborn child were noted and compared. One important finding was that the mobility in the lumbosacral area of the treated women increased significantly compared to the control group. The second outstanding result was that the basal frequency of the fetal heart decreased significantly but stayed in normal limits in the treated group while applying the Myofascial Release Technique. This might show a relaxing effect of this technique to the unborn child. No significant differences in the birth parameters were noted. Based on the data of this study, Myofascial Release Technique in late pregnant women had a positive effect to the mother and the unborn child, but did not create any negative side effects to the pregnant women nor to the baby nor to birth.


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