Methods	Quasi-randomised trial.
Participants	60 women. Inclusion criteria: healthy women with an uneventful pregnancy, giving birth between 38 and 42 weeks
Interventions	Intervention group: cardiotocography by telemetry (n = 31). Telemetry women were encouraged to sit or walk during the opening phase of labour. Comparison group: conventional cardiotocography (n = 29). All women - nitrous oxide-oxygen, pethidine (usual dose 75 mg given once or twice) or epidural block were used for analgesia when needed
Outcomes	Length of first stage. Type of delivery. Analgesia. Augmentation. ARM.
Notes
Risk of bias
Item	Authors’ judgement	Description
Adequate sequence generation?	Unclear	Described as matched pairs ‘allocated at random’ to one of two groups
Allocation concealment?	Unclear	Not stated.
Blinding? Women	No	Not feasible.
Blinding? Clinical staff	No	Not feasible.
Blinding? Outcome assessor	Unclear	Not stated.
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Yes	No losses to follow up.