Persistent Low Back and Pelvic Pain 3-6 Months Post Partum

Helse Stavanger HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Girdle Pain Post Partum; Low Back Pain Post Partum

Treatments: Other: exercise advise; Other: chiropractic treatment and exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00974103

2009/798 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to identify how many females have persistent low back pain and/or pelvic pain 3-6 months post partum. The females that have persistent pelvic pain can continue in the study and be examined by a chiropractor. They will then divide the females into Hanne Alberts 5 subgroups of pelvic pain. The females that have one-sided pelvic pain will be invited to participate in a randomised controlled study where chiropractic intervention is compared to exercises.

Full description

The study is a follow up study to "Prevalence of low back pain and pelvic pain in the pregnant population in Stavanger".

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Low back and\or pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy
• Fluent understanding of spoken and written Norwegian

Exclusion criteria

• hospitalisation due to pain or complications post partum

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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13 participants in 2 patient groups

Chiropractic treatment, exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Chiropractic treatment and exercise

Treatment:

Other: chiropractic treatment and exercises

Exercises

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise advise

Treatment:

Other: exercise advise