Talk:Perineal massage

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Promoting Effective Recovery From Labor, Michigan University http://www.umich.edu/~umperl/massage.htm
http://www.childbirth.org/articles/massage.html
Georgina Stamp, Gillian Kruzins, Caroline Crowther. Perineal massage in labour and prevention of perineal trauma: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2001 May 26; 322 (7297): 1277–1280
Labrecque M, Eason E, Marcoux S. Randomized trial of perineal massage during pregnancy: perineal symptoms three months after delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Jan;182(1 Pt 1):76-80.
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD005123/PREG_antenatal-perineal-massage-for-reducing-perineal-trauma
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust Antenatal Perineal Massage information document for women http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/patient-guide/leaflets/files%5C090924perinealmassage.pdf
Epi-no Delphine Plus birth trainer Prospective Multicentre Trail 2009 http://www.epi-no.co.uk/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/study-updat-in-Australia-feb-20101.pdf
The role of relaxin in human reproduction and pelvic girdle relaxation 1991 http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/2011710
Postparum Hemorrhage: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Causes - avoiding the loss of greater than 1 litre of blood by avoiding episiotomy and Cesarean section, decreases mother's risk of death. http://journals.lww.com/clinicalobgyn/Abstract/2010/03000/Postpartum_Hemorrhage__Epidemiology,_Risk_Factors16,..aspx
Tehran University trail 2011: Results:The second stage of labour was significantly shorter in the massage group, Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics January 2012, Volume 285, Issue 1, pp 77–81 published on line 26 May 2011.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00404-011-1919-5#

Mehrnaz Geranmayeh, Zahra Rezaei Habibabadi, Bijan Fallahkish, Mahdi Azizabadi Farahani, Zohreh Khakbazan, Abbas Mehran

Prolapse of uterus and bowel and episiotomy Barrett et al. 2000, Albers et al. 1999, Eason et al. 2002 under Google Scholar for scientific papers
Cochrane Report on Antenatal Massage http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD005123/PREG_antenatal-perineal-massage-for-reducing-perineal-trauma
Antenatal Perineal Massage; subsequent outcomes Shipman MK et al 2005http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12021.x/full
Effect of Perineal Massage on the incidence of episiotomy and perineal laceration 1986 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/0091-2182(86)90148-5/full
Pelvic Floor Anatomy tutorial Part 1 and Part 2 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3BBAMWm2Eo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Ax3rLFc6M
PostPartum Peroid: three distinct but continuous phases 'childbirth as the initiation of' 'uterine prolapse, cystocele and rectocele.' http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279173/

Have moved here. These are more refs. The EL section is not simple a collection of refs. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:57, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]