Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews · Pregnancy and Childbirth

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · women in labour

It is very uncertain whether massage changes pain intensity "severe pain reported" compared with music (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Massage, reflexology and other manual methods for pain management in labour 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.4 [0.18, 0.89]
1 study · 101 participants
Very low