Clinical findings, pain descriptions and physical complaints reported by women with post-natal pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1187-1191

  Nielsen, Lars Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Functional impairment; Pain description; Pelvic girdle pain; Post natal complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; BIOMECHANICS; CAR DRIVING; COOKING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; POSTPARTUM PAIN; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SITTING; STANDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LOW BACK PAIN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MENSTRUATION; MOVEMENT; OVULATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 77956325945     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.501853     Document Type: Article

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