Symphysial pelvic dysfunction

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Aslan, Erdogan ^a   Fynes, Michelle ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain; Pelvic girdle; Symphysis pubis dysfunction

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ANATOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33947190547     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328034f138     Document Type: Review

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