title: Effects of Sanyinjiao (SP6) with electroacupuncture on labour pain in women during labour.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of Sanyinjiao (SP6) with electroacupuncture on labour pain in women during the labour process.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 350 women in labour from three centres were randomly divided into the electroacupuncture group (acupuncture group), the sham electroacupuncture group (sham group) and the control group. Women in labour in the electroacupuncture group received the electroacupuncture on the point Sanyinjiao (SP6). The analgesic effect was self-rated by women in labour, using visual analogue scale (VAS). The duration and paralysis time of uterine contraction, uterine contraction regularity, degree of cervical extension, presentation of foetal descent, the condition of intra-partum haemorrhage and postpartum haemorrhage, labour manner, lochia, involution of uterus, milk secretion, neonate Apgar Score and neonate body height and weight were also measured. All data were analysed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 12.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Labour pain scores from women in the acupuncture group were less than in the control group at needle retaining at 30min, 2 and 4h after needle withdrawal. Other evaluated indices did not show significant differences among the three groups. No adverse events were observed during the labour process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SP6 with electroacupuncture could be an effective way for decreasing labour pain.
authors.affiliation: Beijing University of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, China. mawenzhu@163bj.com
authors.forename: Wenzhu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Caixia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Peijuan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Liying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Chunhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Huifang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xueqin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jingkun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Huiwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Aiping
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology*; D007774:Lactation; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011247:Pregnancy; D014590:Uterine Contraction; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult