SynthesisBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023
The global prevalence of low back pain in pregnancy: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Low back pain prevalence across African populations from 2017 to 2025: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal hyperuricemia and adverse maternal-fetal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Adverse effects of dipyrone (Metamizole) use during pregnancy on offspring health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of strength training on quality of life in pregnant women: A systematic review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
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- Low Back Pain and Disabilities Among Postpartum Women: Prevalence, Severity and Associated Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physical Activity During Pregnancy: Associations Between Levels and Types of Physical Activity and Low Back Pain-Related Disability in Portuguese Pregnant Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Neck and Low Back Pain in China and Globally: Divergent Trends Among Women of Reproductive Age-An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2026Article
- Correlation Between Gestational Weight Gain and Low Back Pain in the Third Trimester: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Article
- Case Report: Postpartum diagnosis and microsurgical management of a cervicothoracic intramedullary spinal ependymoma clinically manifesting during the third trimester of pregnancy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, and Underreporting of Low Back Pain in Physically Active Pregnant Women: Prospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Lumbopelvic dysfunction and depression in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Global burden of six musculoskeletal disorders in women of childbearing age from 1990 to 2021.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Musculoskeletal Pain Among Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Spontaneous epidural haematoma with spinal cord compression in pregnancy - A case report.Case reports in women's health · 2025Article
- Prescribed opioid analgesic use in pregnancy and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children: A retrospective study in Sweden.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- How maternal morbidities impact women's quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Atraumatic sacral fracture in a postpartum patient in the late postoperative period following lumbar decompression for disc herniation.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundBack pain during pregnancy is often considered as an unavoidable problem and can reduce the quality of life or disability of pregnant women. The aim of this study is to determine the global prevalence of back pain in pregnancy based on a systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsIn this study, Researchers systematically searched electronic databases PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar search engines for studies until September 2023. To analyze data, the random effects model was used, and the heterogeneity of the studies was checked with the I2 index. Data analysis was performed by software (Version 2 Comprehensive Meta-Analysis).
resultsIn the review of 28 studies with a sample size of 12,908 people, the I
conclusionIn this meta-analysis, the overall prevalence of back pain in pregnant women was reported to be significant, so it is necessary for health policymakers to pay more attention to complications during pregnancy, in addition to increasing society's awareness of pregnant mothers, with timely diagnosis and treatment of such disorders, it can lead to improvement; and reduction in Complications caused by pregnancy and becoming more pleasant during pregnancy.
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