Posture, movement patterns, and body awareness in women with chronic pelvic pain

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-644

  Haugstad, Gro Killi ^a,c   Haugstad, Tor S ^b   Kirste, Unni M ^a   Leganger, Siv ^a   Wojniusz, Slawomir ^a,c   Klemmetsen, Inger ^c   Malt, Ulrik F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body awareness; Chronic pelvic pain; Somatoform pain disorder; Standardized Mensendieck Test (SMT); Visual analogue score of pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BODY REGIONS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MUSCLE TONUS; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33750441155     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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