Severity of signs and symptoms in lumbopelvic pain during pregnancy

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-179

  Mens, Jan M A ^a   Huis in 't Veld, Yvonne H ^b   Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Physical Therapy Practice 'Korte Geer'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pelvic girdle pain; Pregnancy; Severity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC BILATERAL HIP ADDUCTION; LIKERT SCALE; LUMBOPELVIC PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FORCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR PELVIC PAIN PROVOCATION TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEBEC BACK PAIN DISABILITY SCALE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84856970645     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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