1 Antepartum use of Epi-No Birth Trainer for preventing perineal trauma: systematic 1 review 2 Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito, MD, MsC, PhD*, Cristine Homsi Jorge Ferreira, PT, PhD**, 3 Geraldo Duarte, MD, MsC, PhD*, Antonio Alberto Nogueira, MD, MsC, PhD*, Alessandra 4 Cristina Marcolin, MD, MsC, PhD* 5 *Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University 6 of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. 7 **Physical Therapy Course, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, 8 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. 9 Corresponding author: 10 Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito 11 Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900 – 8 th floor – Monte Alegre – Ribeirão Preto – SP – Brazil 12 Zip code 14049-900 – E-mail: lgobrito@gmail.com 13 Telephone: +55(16)-3602-2804 / Fax: +55(16)-3633-0946 14 Partially presented at the American Urogynecological Society (AUGS) joint meeting with the 15 International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) held in Washington DC, 22-27 July 16 2014 17 Authors participation: 18 LG Brito: Project development, Data Collection/Analysis, Manuscript writing/editing; 19 AC Marcolin: Project development, Data Collection, manuscript editing 20 CH Ferreira: Manuscript writing/editing 21 G Duarte and AA Nogueira: Project development,manuscript editing 22 Abstract – 242 words; Main text – 2,051 words 23 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. 24 25 26 27