Body perception disturbances in women with pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain and their role in the persistence of pain postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lumbopelvic pain (LPP) is common during pregnancy and can have long-lasting negative consequences in terms of disability and reduced quality of life. Therefore, it is crucial to identify women at risk of having pregnancy-related LPP after childbirth. This study aimed to investigate the association between body perception, pain intensity, and disability in women with pregnancy-related LPP during late pregnancy and postpartum, and to study whether a disturbed body perception during late pregnancy predicted having postpartum LPP.

Methods

A prospective cohort study in 130 primiparous women (median age = 30 years) was performed. Pain intensity, disability, and lumbopelvic body perception during the last month of pregnancy and 6 weeks postpartum were assessed with the N

SUBMITTER: Goossens N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977601 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature