Decreased Low Back Pain in Pregnant Women, Can Acupressure Decrease?: Literature Review

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10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_154How to use a DOI?

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Acupressure; Back Pain; 3rd Trimester Pregnant Women

Abstract

Along with the age of pregnancy followed by the enlarged uterus, the center of gravity will move towards the front so that pregnant women must adjust their standing position during pregnancy pregnant women depending on muscle strength, weight gain, joint relaxation properties, fatigue and posture before pregnancy. Improper posture will force additional stretching and fatigue on the body, especially on the back of pregnant women. Low back pain (NPB) is one of the discomforts of pregnant women in the third trimester of her posture. The results of research on pregnant women in various regions of Indonesia reached 60-80% of people experiencing low back pain in their pregnancy if this low back pain is not handled properly can cause the quality of pregnant women to be bad. According to several studies various complementary techniques that can be applied to overcome low back pain in pregnancy that have been developed include massage therapy (61.4%), relaxation (42.6%), yoga (40.6%), acupuncture (44.6%), and acupressure (44.6%) Acupressure is a development of massage therapy that goes on along with the development of acupuncture because acupressure massage techniques are derived from acupuncture. Method: review literature with a traditional literature review (narrative) and grouping similar extraction data according to the results measured to answer the purpose. Results: based on the results of reviews from 5 journals obtained p-value results of 0.000. Conclusion: p the acupressure massage 3 times 15 minutes can reduce back pain significantly.

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AU  - Berlina Putrianti
AU  - Zulvi Tri Andini
AU  - Benny Karuniawati
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - Decreased Low Back Pain in Pregnant Women, Can Acupressure Decrease?: Literature Review
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2021 (BIS-HSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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