Breech Baby Research

Acupuncture-type interventions (such as moxibustion and acupuncture) at Bladder 67 (BL67, Zhiyin point) have been proposed to have positive effects on breech presentation. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of moxibustion and acupuncture in correcting breech presentation. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jian-An Liao 1, Shih-Chieh Shao 2,3,4, Chian-Ting Chang 2, Pony Yee-Chee Chai 2, Kok-Loon Owang 2,Tse-Hung Huang 1, Chung-Han Yang 4,5 , Tsai-Jen Lee 1 and Yung-Chih Chen 4,6,*

A Randomized Clinical Trial; 2020

Khatereh Sourani, Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi, Nasim Khademi, Azadeh Asgarian, Imaneh Khaki, Zohreh Ahmadi

A randomized controlled trial; 2021
Azam Hamidzadeh, Zeinab Tavakol, Maryam Maleki, Sakineh Kolahdozan, Ahmad Khosravi, Mahdieh Kiani, Mojtaba Vaismoradi

A randomized controlled study; 2003
I Neri,G Airola,G Contu,G Allais,F Facchinetti &C Benedetto

An Overview of Systematic Reviews; 2019

Maite Miranda-Garcia, Cristina Domingo Go ́mez, Cristina Molinet-Coll, Betina Nishishinya, Ikram Allaoui, M. Dolores Go ́mez Roig, and Josefina Goberna-Tricas

Antenatal Care of Women With a Breech Presentation: 2004

A review of research articles published in English between July 2010 and July 2020; published 2021

Claudia Dalcin Zanchin

A Case Series of  93 women using moxbustion to turn breech babies. 2019; Paolo Brici, Giovanna Franconi, Cristina Scatassa, Elisabetta Fabbri, and Paolo Assirelli

Reviewing the evidence for external cephalic version and moxibustion

Royal College of Midwives.  Evidence Based Midwifery, 2008

Mary Steen and Carol Kingdon

A Review to examine the effectiveness and safety of moxibustion on changing the presentation of an unborn baby in the breech position, the need for external cephalic version (ECV), mode of birth, and perinatal morbidity and mortality for breech presentation. Coyle ME, Smith CA, Peat B 2012

To assess, using a modelling approach, the effectiveness and costs of breech version with acupuncture-type interventions on BL67 (BVA-T), including moxibustion, compared to expectant management for women with a foetal breech presentation at 33 weeks gestation.

Ineke van den Berg 1, Guido C Kaandorp, Johanna L Bosch, Johannes J Duvekot, Lidia R Arends, M G Myriam Hunink

To analyse the cost effectiveness of using the moxibustion technique to correct non-vertex presentation and to reduce the number of caesarean sections performed at term.

Leticia García-Mochón 1, José J Martín 2, José Manuel Aranda-Regules 3, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz 4, Jorge Vas 5

Breech is a common fetal presentation in preterm pregnancies. This study aimed to investigate the effect of acupressure at the BL67 point on the spontaneous rotation of fetus with breech presentation.

Azam Hamidzadeh 1, Zeinab Tavakol 2, Maryam Maleki 3, Sakineh Kolahdozan 4, Ahmad Khosravi 5, Mahdieh Kiani 6, Mojtaba Vaismoradi 7