The Webster Technique: A Chiropractic Technique With Obstetric Implications
Pistolese, R. A. (2002). The webster technique: A chiropractic technique with obstetric implications. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 25(6), 1-9. //doi.org/10.1067/mmt.2002.126127 Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161475402000155
Review by: Morgan Pearsall, PAS-2, Adventist University of Health Sciences, Orlando, Fl
Review Posted: 2018- 06-15
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The study objective is to determine if the Webster technique is a valid option to manage musculosketal reasons contributing to breech presentation by surveying all 1047 members of the International …show more content…
These women currently have a breech presenting fetus. The patients excluded from this study are women who are pregnant but not into their seventh months of gestation. Patients who are not pregnant were excluded from the study. Pregnant females who met criteria that were unlikely to have a successful version of breech fetus to vertex were also excluded. Some reasons a fetus may not turn to cephalic presentation include: oligohydramnios, placenta previa, short umbilical cord, multiple gestation, and uterine abnormalities. Other reasons patients were excluded is the practicing chiropractor did not know the Webster technique, the practicing chiropractor did not use the Webster technique, or the patient had to undergo an external cephalic version despite usage of the Webster …show more content…
92 cases of breech presentation were medically diagnosed, 12 were not medically diagnosed, 8 cases it was unknown if it was medically diagnosed. In terms of confirming the diagnosis, 53 cases utilized fetal ultrasound, 31 patients did not use ultrasound, and it was unknown if ultrasound was used in 28 cases. Pistolese (2002) assumes, “the discrepancy between the number of diagnosis made by healthcare professional and those diagnosed medically means lay midwives were consulted in lieu of certified nurse midwives or other health care professionals” (Pistolese,
Pistolese, R. A. (2002). The webster technique: A chiropractic technique with obstetric implications. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 25(6), 1-9. //doi.org/10.1067/mmt.2002.126127 Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161475402000155
Review by: Morgan Pearsall, PAS-2, Adventist University of Health Sciences, Orlando, Fl
Review Posted: 2018- 06-15
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The study objective is to determine if the Webster technique is a valid option to manage musculosketal reasons contributing to breech presentation by surveying all 1047 members of the International …show more content…
These women currently have a breech presenting fetus. The patients excluded from this study are women who are pregnant but not into their seventh months of gestation. Patients who are not pregnant were excluded from the study. Pregnant females who met criteria that were unlikely to have a successful version of breech fetus to vertex were also excluded. Some reasons a fetus may not turn to cephalic presentation include: oligohydramnios, placenta previa, short umbilical cord, multiple gestation, and uterine abnormalities. Other reasons patients were excluded is the practicing chiropractor did not know the Webster technique, the practicing chiropractor did not use the Webster technique, or the patient had to undergo an external cephalic version despite usage of the Webster …show more content…
92 cases of breech presentation were medically diagnosed, 12 were not medically diagnosed, 8 cases it was unknown if it was medically diagnosed. In terms of confirming the diagnosis, 53 cases utilized fetal ultrasound, 31 patients did not use ultrasound, and it was unknown if ultrasound was used in 28 cases. Pistolese (2002) assumes, “the discrepancy between the number of diagnosis made by healthcare professional and those diagnosed medically means lay midwives were consulted in lieu of certified nurse midwives or other health care professionals” (Pistolese,