Cervical dilatation | Mean ± SD Study groups | df | f | p | |
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Control | Massage | ||||
At the beginning of the study | 5.48 ± 1.55 | 5.00 ± 1.51 | 2 | 0.995 | 0.376+ |
Dilatation 5 cm | 5.58 ± 1.64 | 4.79 ± 1.30 | 2 | 2.58 | 0.084* |
Dilatation 7 cm | 7.17 ± 1.37 | 4.79 ± 1.18 | 2 | 30.40 | < 0.0001* |
Dilatation 9 cm | 7.79 ± 0.61 | 7.67 ± 0.49 | 2 | 0.531 | 0.591* |