NCT00740350

Logan Basic During Pregnancy on Labor and Childbirth

Does the Logan Basic Protocol for Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy Reduce Labor Time and Increase the Ease of Labor and Childbirth?

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Logan College of Chiropractic · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if women who have chiropractic care, according to the Logan Basic Protocol for adjusting, during pregnancy have an easier, shorter labor and delivery as compared to women who haven't had chiropractic care during pregnancy.

Detailed description

This study will be designed to test if the Logan Basic Technique system of adjusting pregnant women can reduce labor time and increase the ease of labor and delivery as compared to the labor times reported by Kilpatrick and Laros in the obstetric literature. It is proposed that women who have regular chiropractic care throughout pregnancy or at least for the third trimester will have an easier labor and delivery as well as a shorter labor time than is reported in the literature.

Conditions

• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Logan Basic	Logan Basic chiropractic adjustments during pregnancy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-03-01
• Primary completion: 2009-02-01
• Completion: 2009-02-01
• First posted: 2008-08-25
• Last updated: 2008-08-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States