Altern Ther Health Med. 2023 Apr 7:AT7031. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effects of prenatal yoga on labor pain.
METHODS: A systematic review of articles on prenatal yoga for childbirth pain was conducted, and relevant pain score results data were collected for the meta-analysis. The intervention group was treated with yoga movement, and the control group, with routine prenatal examination. All randomized controlled trials were included, but pregnancies with internal complications were excluded.
RESULTS: A total of 47 references were obtained from PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane database, and ClinicalTrials.gov. After applying the exclusion criteria, five studies were included for the review and meta-analysis. A total of 581 women were enrolled. The SMD value summarized for the four studies was -1.05, and the 95% confidence interval was -1.45 to -0.65, which was statistically significant (z = 5.15; P < .01), suggesting that yoga can significantly reduce labor pain.
CONCLUSIONS: Prenatal yoga can relieve labor pain and is recommended for pregnant women.
PMID:37023315
