Potential of Vojta's Reflex Locomotion as a Pre/Induction Method for Uterine Activity: a Pilot Study

"Reflex locomotion according to Vojta's therapy is a neurorehabilitative concept originally used for diagnostics and treatment of infants who were at risk of non-physiological psychomotor development, especially spastic cerebral palsy. This concept utilizes stimulation of specific zones described by Vojta to evoke global motor and non-motor response.~Trigger zones are specific body zones that are stimulated with pressure during reflex locomotion stimulation. They are pressure stimulated in order to induce reflex response. Variations of stimulation of different trigger zones (spatial summation) causes multiplication of afferent impulses. Sufficiently long stimulation of trigger zones (temporal summation) induces isometric contraction in muscle groups described by Vojta."

Control group received sham stimulation by physicians at zones outside of the pressure zones, specifically 4-5 cm above the patella and on the lateral malleolus.