Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: An update

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a   Roberts, Craig S ^b   Giannoudis, Peter V ^c  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; BED REST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PALPATION; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ANALGESIA; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79851516342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-15     Document Type: Review

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