ArticleInternational urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction2008
Is there a relationship between parity, pregnancy, back pain and incontinence?
Article in International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Obstetric-related lower back pain: the effect of number of pregnancy on development of chronic lower back pain, worsening of lumbar disc degeneration and alteration of lumbar sagittal balance.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Manual Physiotherapy Combined with Pelvic Floor Training in Women Suffering from Stress Urinary Incontinence and Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Reproductive history and blood cell DNA methylation later in life: the Young Finns Study.Clinical epigenetics · 2021Article
- Reliability of Pelvic Floor Muscle Assessment with Transabdominal Ultrasound in Young Nulliparous Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The Prevalence and Association of Stress Urinary Incontinence, Core Muscle Endurance, and Low Back Pain among Married Women in Saudi Arabia: A Case-Control Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Associations between the number of children, age at childbirths and prevalence of chronic low back pain: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Normative values for Glazer Protocol in the evaluation of pelvic floor muscle bioelectrical activity.Medicine · 2020Article
- Does central sensitization help explain idiopathic overactive bladder?Nature reviews. Urology · 2016Review
- The Influence of Back Pain and Urinary Incontinence on Daily Tasks of Mothers at 12 Months Postpartum.PloS one · 2015Article
- Bladder and bowel symptoms among adults presenting with low back pain to an academic chiropractic clinic: results of a preliminary study.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2014Article
- Conservative chiropractic management of urinary incontinence using applied kinesiology: a retrospective case-series report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2012Article
- Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain: listening to Australian women.Nursing research and practice · 2012Article
- Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: an update.BMC medicine · 2011Review
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Abstract
The aims of this study were to compare prevalence of back pain in parous, nulliparous, pregnant and non-pregnant women and to determine whether there is an association between incontinence and back pain in pregnant women. Associations between back pain, pregnancy, parity and incontinence were assessed in 14,779 younger and 14,099 mid-age women using chi-squared analysis. The odds of back pain were modelled with multinomial logistic regression. Back pain was more frequent in parous than nulliparous (p < 0.001) and pregnant than non-pregnant (p < 0.001) younger women. However, no associations were seen for mid-aged women. Pregnant women who had incontinence had increased odds ratios for 'often' and 'rarely or sometimes' having back pain (8.5 and 3.8, respectively). This study suggests that pregnancy may lead to earlier development of back pain, without affecting long-term prevalence. Incontinence and back pain may be related because of contribution of the trunk muscles to continence and lumbopelvic control.
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