Low Back Pain and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 539-549

  Casagrande, Danielle ^a   Gugala, Zbigniew ^a   Clark, Shannon M ^b   Lindsey, Ronald W ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; lumbopelvic pain; pelvic girdle pain; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84940025954     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-14-00248     Document Type: Review

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