Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Department of Innovation, Health Sciences Research Institute and University Hospital Germans Trias i, Badalona, Spain
Nuria Marti Ras works at Department of Innovation, Health Sciences Research Institute and University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol,Badalona, Spain. The author has recently published a manuscript entitled 'An Elastic Two-Pocket Pelvic Belt for the Application of Local Lumbo-Pelvic Heat in Labour' with us.
Research
An Elastic Two-Pocket Pelvic Belt for the Application of Local Lumbo-Pelvic Heat in Labour
Author(s): Laura Tarrats Velasco*, Sandra Cabrera Jaime, Carlos Rodrigo Gonzalo de Liria, Nuria Marti Ras and Manel Puig-Domingo
Background: When labor pain appears, pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques can be offered as pain relief methods. Midwives may offer local heat application as a pain relief method. This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of the prototypes of a non-pharmacological method consisting of a thermal belt designed by midwives, which provides comfort and pain relief through the application of thermotherapy on both lumbar and suprapubic areas during labour.
Method: Prototypes of a thermal belt were designed, tested and protected as a business model. A randomized, parallel, open, non-blind clinical trial was conducted at the University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, from Badalona (Barcelona) to assess the beneficial effects of heat application on lumbo-suprapubic pain during initial stages of labour. Participants were.. View More»