Can a bothersome course of pelvic pain from mid-pregnancy to birth be predicted? A Norwegian prospective longitudinal SMS-Track study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore if pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain (PGP), subgrouped following the results from two clinical tests with high validity and reliability, differ in demographic characteristics and weekly amount of days with bothersome symptoms through the second half of pregnancy.

Design

A prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Participants

Pregnant women with pelvic and lumbopelvic pain due for their second-trimester routine ultrasound examination.

Setting

Obstetric outpatient clinic at Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.

Methods

Women reporting pelvic and lumbopelvic pain completed a questionnaire on demographic and clinical features. They were clinically examined following a test procedure recommended in the European guidelines for the diag

SUBMITTER: Malmqvist S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature