The pelvic girdle questionnaire: A condition-specific instrument for assessing activity limitations and symptoms in people with pelvic girdle pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1096-1108

  Stuge, Britt ^a   Garratt, Andrew ^b   Jenssen, Hanne Krogstad ^a   Grotle, Margreth ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACRUM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC BONES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM;

EID: 80053129030     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100357     Document Type: Review

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