Prenatal Yoga: Effects on Alleviation of Labor Pain and Birth Outcomes

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy
Bolanthakodi ChethanaPikee Saxena

Abstract

This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that prenatal yogic exercises are effective in alleviating labor pain and improving birth outcomes, by comparing pregnant women undertaking yoga with a control group. Single blinded, parallel randomized control trial. Two hundred primigravid women of 30 weeks of gestation onward who met the inclusion criteria (primigravida, 20-35 years of age, gestational age of 30 weeks, no prior experience of yoga) were randomly assigned to study (n = 100) and control groups (n = 100) by using the minimized randomization program version 2.01. The study group received the intervention in the form of integrated yoga consisting of a series of 30-min practice sessions at the 30th, 32nd, 34th, 36th, 37th, 38th, and 39th weeks of gestational age. The matched control group did not perform yoga. The patients were followed till delivery for maternal comfort, alleviation of labor pain, and birth outcome. Alleviation of labor pain was assessed by using numerical pain intensity scale (NPIS), pain behavioral observational scale (PBOS), and maternal delivery comfort questionnaire. Only the assessors were blinded. Two hundred patients were randomized into 100 each in case and control groups. Final analysis was...Continue Reading

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Mar 26, 2021·Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice·Amrita MakhijaChitra Raghunandan
Jun 1, 2021·European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology·Javier Ramón Díaz-BurruecoCarmen Amezcua-Prieto
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Jun 25, 2021·Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology·Esteban A OyarzabalShilpa Babbar

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