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From the abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a brief review of the medical versus chiropractic management of breech presentation. This paper includes a description of the Webster in-utero constraint technique and the author's application of the technique with six pregnancies. Patients: Amish women of varying ages and parity who had developed third trimester breech malpositions. Outcome measures: Correction of the malposition was determined by palpation using Leopold's maneuver and verified by medical doctors. Results: All cases were successfully treated using the Webster in-utero constraint technique. One woman had a failed external cephalic version attempt by a medical doctor. Five of the deliveries were uncomplicated: one birth is still pending as of this writing. Conclusion: The author has presented a case series of woman with successfully corrected breech malpositions using a chiropractic technique developed by Larry Webster, D.C. Kunau, PL. J of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol 3 No. 1, 1998.
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Chiropractic Research 
