International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire, Cotonou, Benin

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• Research Article   
  Abdominal Strap and Perineum Care after Delivery in Beninese Traditions
  Author(s): Etienne H. Alagnide*, Salif Gandema, Didier D. Niama Natta, Yollande Djivoh, Viridiane Bankole and Toussaint G. Kpadonou
  
  Background: Several traditional methods are used for the preventive or curative management of the anatomical and physiological alterations which can occur with women after delivery, especially on abdominal strap and the perineum. Objective: To study methods used in the departments of Oueme and Plateau in Benin. Method: Prospective transversal study, descriptive and analytical. It consisted to interview, from February to July 2016, women who gave birth at least once and since at least three months, living in the departments of Oueme and Plateau in Benin and who consented to participate to the study. Dependent variables collected were the use or not of traditional methods for the management of abdominal strap and perineal alterations after delivery. Results: Women of the study were 3.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9096.20.8.577

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