ArticleChiropractic & manual therapies2016
Sick leave and healthcare utilisation in women reporting pregnancy related low back pain and/or pelvic girdle pain at 14 months postpartum.
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Comparison of Stabilization Exercises Versus Thrust Manipulation Technique on Pelvic Girdle Pain.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pilates during pregnancy for maternal musculoskeletal pain and discomfort: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Predictive Factors for Pregnancy-Related Persistent Pelvic Girdle Pain (PPGP): A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled 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
- The influence of antenatal and pregnancy-related factors on recovery after childbirth: a systematic review.AJOG global reports · 2026Review
- Spinopelvic alignment and pubic symphysis widening are associated with postpartum low back pain: a retrospective case-control study.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Management of chronic Pelvic girdle Pain following pregnancy (EMaPP): a randomised controlled feasibility trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
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- Women's Health and Working Life: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Double-center observational study of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion for sacroiliac joint dysfunction: one-year results.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2022Observational
- Association Among Pelvic Girdle Pain, Diastasis Recti Abdominis, Pubic Symphysis Width, and Pain Catastrophizing: A Matched Case-Control Study.Physical therapy · 2022Article
- Musculoskeletal findings on MRI among postpartum women with persistent pelvic pain.International urogynecology journal · 2021Article
- Back pain in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2021Article
- Psychosocial and behavioural characteristics in women with pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain 12 years postpartum.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Article
- The association between pregnancy, pelvic girdle pain and health-related quality of life - a comparison of two instruments.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2018Article
- Trajectories of lower back, upper back, and pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and early postpartum in primiparous women.Women's health (London, England)Observational
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Abstract
backgroundPregnancy related low back pain (PLBP) and pelvic girdle pain (PGP) are considered common complications of pregnancy. The long-term consequences for women with persistent PLBP/PGP postpartum are under-investigated. The main objective was to investigate the prevalence, pattern and degree of sick leave as well as healthcare utilisation and its perceived effect in women with persistent PLBP/PGP at 12 months postpartum.
methodThis is a follow-up study of a cohort involving of a sample of women, who delivered from January 1(st) 2002 to April 30(th) in 2002 at Umeå University Hospital and Sunderby Hospital, and who reported PLBP/PGP during pregnancy. A total of 639 women were followed-up by a second questionnaire (Q2) at approximately 6 months postpartum. Women with persistent PLBP/PGP at the second questionnaire (N = 200) were sent a third questionnaire (Q3) at approximately 12 months postpartum.
resultsThe final study sample consisted of 176 women reporting PLBP/PGP postpartum where N = 34 (19.3 %) reported 'no' pain, N = 115 (65.3 %) 'recurrent' pain, and N = 27 (15.3 %) 'continuous' pain. The vast majority (92.4 %) of women reported that they had neither been on sick leave nor sought any healthcare services (64.1 %) during the past 6 months at Q3. Women with 'continuous' pain at Q3 reported a higher extent of sick leave and healthcare seeking behaviour compared to women with 'recurrent' pain at Q3. Most women with persistent PLBP/PGP had been on sick leave on a full-time basis. The most commonly sought healthcare was physiotherapy, followed by consultation with a medical doctor, acupuncture and chiropractic.
conclusionMost women did not report any sick leave or sought any healthcare due to PLBP/PGP the past 6 months at Q3. However, women with 'continuous' PLBP/PGP 14 months postpartum did report a higher prevalence and degree of sick leave and sought healthcare to a higher extent compared to women with 'recurrent' PLBP/PGP at Q3. Women with more pronounced symptoms might constitute a specific subgroup of patients with a less favourable long-term outcome, thus PLBP/PGP needs to be addressed early in pregnancy to reduce both individual suffering and the risk of transition into chronicity.
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