Steen, Mary2009-02-162009-02-162002-09MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, 2002, 12(3), pp 373-3760961-5555http://hdl.handle.net/10034/49217This article is not available through ChesterRep.This article reports a randomised controlled trial conducted at St James's University Hospital in Leeds comparing the effectiveness of cooling gel pads with ice packs and no localised treatment for relieving pain following perineal injury during childbirth.enperineal paincooling gel padspostnatal careperineal injurylocalised pain reliefA randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of localised cooling treatments in alleviating perineal trauma: The APT studyArticleMIDIRS Midwifery Digest