Spinal posture and pelvic position during pregnancy: a prospective rasterstereographic pilot study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1282-1288

  Betsch, Marcel ^a   Wehrle, Regina ^b   Dor, Larissa ^a   Rapp, Walter ^c   Jungbluth, Pascal ^a   Hakimi, Mohssen ^a   Wild, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b MARIEN HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM DARMSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Posture; Pregnancy; Rasterstereography; Spine and surface topography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC POSITION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVENTH CERVICAL VERTEBRA; SPINAL POSTURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOPOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA SPINOUS PROCESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; KYPHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; PELVIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930613497     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3521-6     Document Type: Article

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