Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth: Prevalence, risk factors and report of lumbopelvic pain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1092-1096

  Sperstad, Jorun Bakken ^a   Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg ^a,b   Hilde, Gunvor ^b   Ellström Engh, Marie ^b,c   Bø, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Lower back; Pelvic; Pregnancy; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NORWAY; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NORWAY; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979071834     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096065     Document Type: Article

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