ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2011
Impact of postpartum lumbopelvic pain on disability, pain intensity, health-related quality of life, activity level, kinesiophobia, and depressive symptoms.
Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05405127 (Effects of Breathing Exercises With and Without Core Stability Exercises on Pain Pressure Threshold and Disability in Postpartum Females With Lumbopelvic Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Breathing Exercises With and Without Core Stability Exercises on Pain Pressure Threshold and Disability in Postpartum Females With Lumbopelvic Pain
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of physical therapy on pain, disability and quality of life in women with lumbopelvic pain in postpartum period: a systematic review with evidence gap map and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship Between Fear of Movement and Physical Activity in Patients With Cardiac, Rheumatologic, Neurologic, Pulmonary, or Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2025Pooled it
- A core outcome set for research and clinical practice in women with pelvic girdle pain: PGP-COS.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Outcomes and outcomes measurements used in intervention studies of pelvic girdle pain and lumbopelvic pain: a systematic review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Pooled it
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- A systematic review of randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness of exercise programs on Lumbo Pelvic Pain among postnatal women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Pooled it
- The effects of core stabilizing exercise in postpartum women with lumbopelvic pain: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Brazilian journal of physical therapyPooled it
- Stabilization exercise affects function of transverse abdominis and pelvic floor muscles in women with postpartum lumbo-pelvic pain: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial study.International urogynecology journal · 2020Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture versus standard care for pelvic and low back pain in pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
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- Influence of unstable shoes on women with lumbopelvic postpartum pain: randomized clinical trial.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaTrial
- Predictive factors for chronic pain related to childbirth: A prospective cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Management of Pregnancy-Related Chronic Back Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Association Between the Duration of the Second Stage of Labor and Postpartum Lateral Pelvic Tilt in Women with Singleton Cephalic Vaginal Delivery.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Psychological and emotional benefits of virtual reality-based exercise for postpartum women with lumbopelvic pain: A randomized controlled trial.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Psychological and Behavioral Predictors of Postpartum Lumbopelvic Pain: A Multivariate Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Surprised by the transition to an unknown body: quantitative and qualitative aspects of activity limitations and physical changes during the first year post-partum.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Observational
- Utilizing machine learning to analyze trunk movement patterns in women with postpartum low back pain.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The prevalence of depression in women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2024Review
- The Impact of Exercising on Pelvic Symptom Severity, Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength, and Diastasis Recti Abdominis After Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study.Physical therapy · 2024Article
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Abstract
The majority of women recover from pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain within 3 months of delivery. Since biomechanical and hormonal changes from pregnancy are largely reversed by 3 months postpartum, consequently, it is assumed that other factors might interfere with recovery. Relative to the fear-avoidance model and with reference to previous studies, we chose to investigate some pre-decided factors to understand persistent lumbopelvic pain. The evaluation of lumbopelvic pain postpartum is mostly based on self-administered questionnaires or interviews. Clinical classification of the lumbopelvic pain may increase our knowledge about postpartum subgroups. Two hundred and seventy-two consecutively registered pregnant women evaluated at 3 months postpartum, answered questionnaires concerning disability (Oswestry disability index), pain intensity on visual analog scale, health-related quality of life (HRQL, EQ5D), activity level, depressive symptoms (Edinburgh postnatal Depression Scale) and kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia). Women were classified into lumbopelvic pain subgroups according to mechanical assessment of the lumbar spine, pelvic pain provocation tests, standard history, and pain drawings. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to explain the variance of disability. Thirty-three percent of postpartum women were classified with lumbopelvic pain; 40% reported moderate to severe disability. The impacts were similar among subgroups. Pain intensity, HRQL and kinesiophobia explained 53% of postpartum disability due to lumbopelvic pain. In conclusion, one of three postpartum women still had some lumbopelvic pain and the impacts were equivalent irrespective of symptoms in lumbar or pelvic areas. The additional explanations of variance in disability by HRQL and kinesiophobia were minor, suggesting that pain intensity was the major contributing factor.
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