The Pregnancy Mobility Index: A mobility scale during and after pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 786-791

  Van De Pol, G ^a   De Leeuw, J R J ^a   Van Brummen, H J ^a   Bruinse, H W ^a   Heintz, A P M ^a   Van Der Vaart, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back and pelvic pain; Disability; Mobility scale; Pregnancy; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; NULLIPARA; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MOBILITY INDEX; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745626189     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340500456373     Document Type: Article

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