Status:
UNKNOWN
fMRI Measurements on Pain Relief Methods in First Stage Labor Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Conditions:
Labor Pain
Pain Relief
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-40 years
Brief Summary
The purposes of this study is to integrate the objective tests into the subjective test, visual analog score (VAS), for evaluation and further understanding of relieving labor pain by TENS application...
Detailed Description
Our published paper "Pain relief by applying transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on acupuncture points during the first stage of labor: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled tria...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- an initial wish to deliver without epidural analgesia
- primigravida
- planned vaginal childbirth without obstetrical or non-obstetrical complications
- fetal vertex presentation
- term pregnancy (\>37 weeks of gestation)
- age between 20 and 40 years
- no experience in acupuncture or TENS for other reasons
- no previous poor obstetrical outcome (either maternal or fetal). For those subjects willing to have fMRI: This study will be carried out only on right-handed Chinese women under accompany by a family member.
Exclusion
- psychiatric and neurologic disorders,
- candidate for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC); and
- head trauma with loss of conscious,
- major medical illness e.g., pacemaker parturient.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00768014
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
October 7 2008
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