The mechanical effect of a pelvic belt in patients with pregnancy-related pelvic pain

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-127

  Mens, Jan M A ^a   Damen, Léonie ^a   Snijders, Chris J ^a   Stam, Henk J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Braces; Doppler ultrasonography; Joint laxity; Low back pain; Pregnancy; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT TREATMENT;

BRACES; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; JOINT LAXITY; LOW BACK PAIN; PREGNANCY; SACROILIAC JOINT;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; JOINT LAXITY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIC BELT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; VIBRATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 29344454871     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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