Pain, disability and symphysis pubis dysfunction: Women talking

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Crichton, Margaret A ^a   Wellock, Vanda K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Kath Locke Community Health and Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Loss of control; Low back pain; Pain; Pelvic girdle pain; Phenomenology; Symphysis pubis dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651087441     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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