Association between the serum levels of relaxin and responses to the active straight leg raise test in pregnancy

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-230

  Vøllestad, Nina K ^a   Torjesen, Peter A ^b   Robinson, Hilde Stendal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Joint laxity; Lumbopelvic pain; Pelvic girdle pain

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY RATING INDEX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; LEG EXERCISE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEG; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RELAXIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859439402     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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