The influence of osteopathic treatment during gestation onto the course of delivery - a comparative study on the frequency of medical intervation during child birth
Item
- Title
- The influence of osteopathic treatment during gestation onto the course of delivery - a comparative study on the frequency of medical intervation during child birth
- Author(s)
- Ruspeckhofer Maria
- Abstract
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Purpose: Osteopathy as a form of therapy for pregnancy troubles is the focus of many publications. It is the purpose of this study to discover if osteopathic treatment during gestation influences the course of birth with regard to the frequency of medical interventions (vacuum bell, forceps, caesarean section, episiotomy…)
Design of the study: retrospective, comparative, statistically evaluated clinical case study with a matched control group
Method: 36 primiparous women of a limited age group with a regular course of
pregnancy and the fetus presenting with the head were treated osteopathically and juxtaposed to a control group with the same criteria. The comparison was done by means of data sheets. The results of the two groups are presented graphically and are also compared by χ²-tests and relative risk ratios.
Results: The osteopathically treated group did not show a significantly lower statistical frequency of medical interventions, but there are indications that the number of sutured:perineal injuries (episiotomies) is lower than without osteopathy. The evaluation of thecaesarean section-, forceps-, and vacuum rates does not have a significant value due tothe limited number of test persons, but also here trends might exist.
Conclusion: Apart from the limitations imposed by the small number of subjects, the absolute figures, as well as the statistical evaluation indicate that osteopathic treatment does have a tendency towards positively influencing the course of birth. The treated expectant mothers experienced, objectively as well as subjectively, an improvement of their overall condition, a more intensive body sensation and a more relaxed, anxiety free attitude towards the delivery. In this respect the holistic approach of osteopathy can be seen as having a positive influence onto the course of delivery, along with a reduction of the frequency of medical interventions.
Key words: Osteopathy, Gestation, Parturition, Obstetric surgery, Episiotomy, Vacuum, Forceps, Caesarean section. - 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
- 12305
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Pregnancy
- Recommended
- 1
- Medium
- Ruspeckhofer_small.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- Ruspeckhofer_small.pdf
Ruspeckhofer Maria, “The influence of osteopathic treatment during gestation onto the course of delivery - a comparative study on the frequency of medical intervation during child birth”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 25, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/3065