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Maternal Positioning and Occipitoposterior Fetal Position

NCT01291355 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 438

Last updated 2014-11-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a specific maternal position to correct fetal position in occipito-posterior during the labor.

The investigators hypothesize that the maternal position described by the Dr de Gasquet facilitate the rotation in occipito-anterior during the labor.

The calculated sample size is 438 participants (219 in each group)

Conditions

  • Maternal Distress in Labor
  • Persistent Occipitoposterior or Occipitoanterior Position
  • Dystocia
  • Fetal Position and Presentation Abnormalities

Interventions

OTHER

Specific maternal position during the labor

women allocated to intervention group will be invited to adopt a posture all fours type:"support on the knees, torso tilted forward, back stretched" for a minimum of 10 minutes. A cushion is placed between the legs of the woman to limit the cuts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Geneva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marie-Julia GUITTIER, PhD · University Hospitals of Geneva-Switzerland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
48 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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