Article: Pelvic floor exercises may quell prolonged second-stage labor.(Obstetrics)

Pelvic floor training during pregnancy appears to facilitate delivery and was associated with a decreased incidence of prolonged second-stage labor, Kjell Salvesen, M.D., and colleagues reported.

The results were observed in a secondary analysis of a randomized, controlled study that compared the rate of postpartum incontinence in women who had done the pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy with that of women who had not. The original analysis found less urinary incontinence among patients in the treatment group.

Dr. Salvesen of Trondheim (Norway) University and his associates randomized 301 nulliparous pregnant women to either no training or 1 ...

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