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Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2005

Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled trial.

Helen Elden, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsen, Hans-Christian Ostgaard, Henrik Hagberg

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract readClinical TrialMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 53 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00830934 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2009, after this paper: background citation

Randomised Controlled Trial for the Treatment of Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity College CorkRan2009 to 2010Enrolled226ConditionsPelvic Girdle Pain, Symphysio Pubic DysfunctionArmsIndividual care, group care
NCT05857839 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Myofascial Release With and Without Support Belt for Sacroiliac Joint Pain, Activity and Disability in Pregnant Females

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2023 to 2023Enrolled30ConditionsSacroiliac Joint PainArmsMyofascial release, pelvic Support belt
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The safety of acupuncture during pregnancy: a systematic review.Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helen EldenPerinatal Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Sahlgrenska Academy, East Hospital, 41685 Gothenburg, Sweden. helen.elden@vgregion.se
Lars Ladfors
Monika Fagevik Olsen
Hans-Christian Ostgaard
Henrik Hagberg
Sahlgrenska University Hospital · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo compare the efficacy of standard treatment, standard treatment plus acupuncture, and standard treatment plus stabilising exercises for pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy.

designRandomised single blind controlled trial. Settings East Hospital, Gothenburg, and 27 maternity care centres in Sweden.

participants386 pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain.

interventionsTreatment for six weeks with standard treatment (n = 130), standard treatment plus acupuncture (n = 125), or standard treatment plus stabilising exercises (n = 131).

main outcome measuresPrimary outcome measure was pain (visual analogue scale); secondary outcome measure was assessment of severity of pelvic girdle pain by an independent examiner before and after treatment.

resultsAfter treatment the stabilising exercise group had less pain than the standard group in the morning (median difference = 9, 95% confidence interval 1.7 to 12.8; P = 0.0312) and in the evening (13, 2.7 to 17.5; P = 0.0245). The acupuncture group, in turn, had less pain in the evening than the stabilising exercise group (-14, -18.1 to -3.3; P = 0.0130). Furthermore, the acupuncture group had less pain than the standard treatment group in the morning (12, 5.9 to 17.3; P < 0.001) and in the evening (27, 13.3 to 29.5; P < 0.001). Attenuation of pelvic girdle pain as assessed by the independent examiner was greatest in the acupuncture group.

conclusionAcupuncture and stabilising exercises constitute efficient complements to standard treatment for the management of pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy. Acupuncture was superior to stabilising exercises in this study.

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Acupuncture TherapyAdultCombined Modality TherapyExercise TherapyFemaleHumansObserver VariationPain MeasurementPelvic PainPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsSingle-Blind MethodTreatment Outcome

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PMID15778231
PMCPMC555879
OpenAlexW2035382434

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