Maternal positioning to correct occiput posterior fetal position during the first stage of labour: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of the hands and knees position during the first stage of labour to facilitate the rotation of the fetal head to the occiput anterior position.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland.

Population

A total of 439 women with a fetus in the occiput posterior position during the first stage of labour.

Methods

The women in the intervention group were invited to take a hands and knees position for at least for 10 minutes. Women allocated to the control group received the usual care. For both groups, 15 minutes after randomisation, women completed a short questionnaire to report their perceived pain and the comfort of their position.

Main outcome measures

The rotation of the f

SUBMITTER: Guittier MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5132127 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature