Pelvic Girdle Pain in a Pregnant Population in Western Norway.

Helse Stavanger HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Girdle Pain

Treatments: Other: Chiropractic; Other: Conventional medical intervention; Other: Conventional and alternative intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01098136

2010/174-4

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objectives in this study are

1. to explore the incidence and cumulative prevalence of pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and its subgroups in a prospective longitudinal study during pregnancy, from 18 weeks until 6 weeks after delivery.
2. to examine the outcome of chiropractic management for a dominating one-sided PGP subgroup of pregnant women in a single-blinded controlled study, and to use efficacy measures that include pain, functional impairment, and sick-leave frequency.
3. to investigate possible predictors for treatment outcome in one-sided PGP in pregnant women.

Enrollment: 650 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Lumbopelvic pain
• Pelvic pain
• Performed ultrasound examination at 18th pregnancy week
• Expected normal pregnancy without complications
• Good competency in Norwegian language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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650 participants in 3 patient groups

Chiropractic treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Management for one-sided pelvic pain, as decided by the chiropractor

Treatment:

Other: Chiropractic

Conventional health care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional health care for one-sided pelvic pain

Treatment:

Other: Conventional medical intervention

Conventional and alternative treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treament of pregnant women with other pelvic pain syndromes.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional and alternative intervention