Experiences of first-time mothers with persistent pelvic girdle pain after childbirth: Descriptive qualitative study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1354-1364

  Wuytack, Francesca ^a   Curtis, Elizabeth ^a   Begley, Cecily ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC PAIN; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943302989     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150088     Document Type: Article

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