Managing back pain in pregnancy using a support garment: A randomised trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-75

  Kalus, S M ^a   Kornman, L H ^a   Quinlivan, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Controlled trial; Pelvic pain; Pregnancy; Support garment; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

CLOTHING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749103104     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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