Spinal curvature and characteristics of postural change in pregnant women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 856-861

  Okanishi, Natsuko ^a   Kito, Nobuhiro ^a   Akiyama, Mitoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masako ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complaints; Posture; Pregnancy; Spinal curvature; Standing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 84862900737     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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