Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and labor pain

الملخص EN

Objective : To investigate the efficacy and safety of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on uterine activity, duration of labor, intrapartum fetal heart rate and APGAR score, in relieving the pain of parturition .

Design : A controlled study to investigate the role of TENS to relieve the pain of parturition at Department of Obstetrics, Kastruba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, India.

Material and Method: Seventy gravid women with cephalic presentation in active labor, with no obstetric or medical complications were studied.

Fifty women in GROUP I (Study group) (25 primi and 25 multigravidae) received TENS stimulation and Twenty women (10 primigravida and 10 multigravida) in GROUP II (Control group) received SHAM TENS (placebo)