Acupuncture plus moxibustion to resolve breech presentation: a randomized controlled study

From: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Airola, G; Allais, G; Contu, G; Et al; Neri, I | Copyright information

Objective: In many Western countries breech presentation is an indication for elective Cesarean section. In order to correct fetal presentation, the stimulation of the acupoint BL67 by moxibustion, acupuncture or both has been proposed. Since no studies had previously been carried out on Western populations, pregnant Italian women at 33-35 weeks gestational age carrying a fetus in breech presentation were enrolled in a randomized, controlled trial involving an active BL67 point stimulation an...

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