Trial reportJournal of rehabilitation medicine2021
A rehabilitation programme focussing on pelvic floor muscle training for persistent lumbopelvic pain after childbirth: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 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
- Comparative Efficacy and Acceptability of Non-surgical Treatments with or without Exercise for Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled 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
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions for the Treatment of Lumbopelvic Pain in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review Protocol Using the TIDieR Checklist.Musculoskeletal care · 2026Article
- Prevalence of low back pain-related disability in postpartum women in Slovakia.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2026Article
- Evidence-based translation in postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation nursing: recent advances and practical integration.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Empowering postpartum women through health education on Kegel exercises: effects on pain, pelvic floor dysfunction, and sexual function.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
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- Development of aids to relieve vulvodynia during the postpartum period.Global health & medicine · 2024Article
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- Lumbopelvic pain and sick leave during pregnancy: A comparison of Italy and Norway.Women's health (London, England)Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effects of a rehabilitation programme for lumbopelvic pain after childbirth.
methodsWomen with lumbopelvic pain 3 months postpartum were included in a randomized controlled trial. Patients in the intervention group (n = 48) received pelvic floor muscle training combined with neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the paraspinal muscles for 12 weeks, while patients in the control group (n = 48) received neuromuscular electrical stimulation for 12 weeks. Outcomes were measured with the Triple Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (MODQ) and Short-Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36).
resultsThe NPRS score was significantly better in the intervention group at 12 weeks compared with the control group (p = 0.000). The MODQ score was significantly better at 6 and 12 weeks compared with the control group (p = 0.009 and p = 0.015, respectively). The mean value of the Physical Components Summary of the SF-36, was significantly better in the intervention group at 6 weeks (p = 0.000) and 12 weeks (p = 0.000) compared with the control group, but there was no significant improvement in Mental Components Summary of the SF-36.
conclusionA postpartum programme for women with lumbopelvic pain is feasible and improves the physical domain of quality of life.
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