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Labor pain is reduced by massage therapy

1997; Informa; Volume: 18; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/01674829709080701

1743-8942

Tiffany Field, M. Hemandez-Reif, Stephanie Taylor, Olga Quintino, Iris Burman,

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Twenty-eight women were recruited from prenatal classes and randomly assigned to receive massage in addition to coaching in breathing/ram their partners during labor, or to receive coaching in breathing alone (a technique learned during prenatal classes). The massaged mothers reported a decrease in depressed mood, anxiety and pain, and showed less agitated activity and anxiety and more positive affect following the first massage during labor. In addition, the massaged mothers had significantly shorter labors, a shorter hospital stay and less postpartum depression.