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Acupuncture And/or Sweeping of the Fetal Membranes Before Induction of Labor: a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Bodil Birgitte Andersen; Birthe Knudsen; Jens Lyndrup; Anni E. Fælling; Dinni Illum; Marianne Johansen; Alice Borgen; Helle Jager; Charlotte Bjerre; Niels J. Secher is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract **Aims:** To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture, and sweeping of the fetal membranes, as methods for induction of labor. **Methods:** Four hundred and seven pregnant women with normal singleton pregnancies and cephalic presentations were randomized at three delivery wards in Denmark at day 290 of gestation into groups of acupuncture, sweeping, acupuncture and sweeping and controls. The primary objective was to compare the proportion of women going into labor before induction of labor at 294 days in the four groups. The secondary objective was to compare the combined groups: with and without acupuncture, and with and without sweeping of the fetal membranes. The midwives, completing the forms for the trial at labor or induction, were blinded to group assessments. **Results:** Four hundred and seventeen women were randomized. Ten were excluded after randomization. One hundred and four women were randomized to acupuncture, 103 to sweeping of the membranes, 100 to both acupuncture and sweeping, and 100 were randomized to the control group. Comparison of the four groups demonstrated no significant difference in the number of women achieving spontaneous labor before planned
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- Author
- Bodil Birgitte Andersen; Birthe Knudsen; Jens Lyndrup; Anni E. Fælling; Dinni Illum; Marianne Johansen; Alice Borgen; Helle Jager; Charlotte Bjerre; Niels J. Secher
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG; Walter de Gruyter GmbH (ISSN 0300-5577)
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)