Osteopathy and the Breech Presentation after 30 Weeks of Gestation
Item
- Title
- Osteopathy and the Breech Presentation after 30 Weeks of Gestation
- Author(s)
- Georgiades Olivia
- Abstract
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Keywords: Breech Presentation, External Version, Osteopathy during pregnancy, complications during pregnancy, Cesarian Section.
In this master-thesis it has been shown that Osteopathy can be applied to treat pregnant women with Breech Presentation. This was done after the 30th week of pregnancy.
Breech Presentation is the most frequent anomaly in false fetal presentation. It occurs in 3 - 5% of all pregnancies.
Including criteria were primiparous and multiparous women after the 30th week of pregnancy, between March and October 2000. They were divided into 2 groups.
In Group A: 9 women were subjected to osteopathic treatment.
In Group B: 8 women served as a Control Group.
The treatment was done up to 3 times before delivery in fortnightly intervals.
One treatment of mother and child was done after birth.
Following treatment ultrasound affirmation of the result was done by the obstetricians.
The osteopathic treatment consisted of:
Mobilising structural techniques applied to pelvis and its soft parts, visceral techniques on the uterus to increase motility, craniosacral techniques (SSB, moulding, long tide).
As a result it was found that in 22, 22 % fetal version was achieved within the first days after osteopathic treatment. In the Control Group spontaneous version took place in 12, 25 %.
Also the very small number of cases cannot be taken as really reliable for statistics. Thorough experience and readiness for operation are preconditions.
I have reviewed diverse international reports concerning External Version and other conservative methods in the treatment of Breech Presentation. I have also drawn a comparison between abdominal and vaginal birth.
Osteopathy is proposed as a new approach for "gentle" treatment in Breech Presentation. - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 0
- Date Submitted
- 1.1.2007 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12310
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Breech Presentation
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- Georgiades.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- Georgiades.pdf
Georgiades Olivia, “Osteopathy and the Breech Presentation after 30 Weeks of Gestation”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/3064