Predictors and consequences of long-term pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: A longitudinal follow-up study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Elden, Helen ^a   Gutke, Annelie ^a   Kjellby Wendt, Gunilla ^b   Fagevik Olsen, Monika ^a,b   Ostgaard, Hans Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Function; Health related quality of life; Long term; Pain catastrophizing; Pelvic girdle pain; Predictor; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY RATING INDEX; DISEASE DURATION; EQ VISUAL SCALE; EURO QOL 5D; FABER TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GENERAL SELF EFFICACY SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOPELVIC PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MODIFIED TRENDELENBURG TEST; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPHYSIS PRESSURE TEST; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKING TIME; AGE; BODY MASS; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SICK LEAVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978648955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1154-0     Document Type: Article

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