Symptom-giving pelvic girdle relaxation in pregnancy, I: Prevalence and risk factors

Abstract

Symptom-giving pelvic girdle relaxation is a considerable problem both in pregnancy and post partum. The occupational risk can possibly be prevented. The syndrome has a great social impact because of the frequent sicklisting.

Pelvic girdle pain 3–6 months after delivery in an unselected cohort of Norwegian women

“…Risk factors for persistent pain were found to be age 30 years or above, a moderate or high ODI in pregnancy, and a history with both PP and LBP during pregnancy. These findings provide important information on women at Although most women recover spontaneously from pregnancy-induced PP during the puerperium, several studies show that a considerable portion have persistent PGP and PP/LBP 3-6 months after delivery, with reported frequencies ranging from 4 to 43 % [9][10][11]24]. The variation may be due to the use of different criteria for both diagnosis and inclusion.…”

Occupational lifting and pelvic pain during pregnancy: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

“…Associations between uncomfortable or physically strenuous work and pelvic pain during pregnancy were found in these studies, but no or only a modest effect was observed for occupational lifting (2,12,13).…”

“…The covari- ates that confounded the estimate the most were: parity, overweight, smoking, and not working during day time, while the remaining factors had only a minor influence. In the literature, factors such as working in draft and cold, pushing and pulling, bending and twisting, stress/ depression, and family history of pelvic pain during pregnancy were also identified as risk factors of pelvic pain during pregnancy, but we had no information on these potential confounders and could not include them in the model (2,12,(18)(19)(20).…”

“…By signing the informed consent form, the pregnant women agreed to be interviewed by telephone. The first pregnancy interview took place around the [12][13][14][15][16] th week of gestation, and -post partum -the women were interviewed when the child was approximately six months. Further information about the DNBC is available at the study website (www.dnbc.dk) (16).…”

“…These studies found that uncomfortable working conditions and physical strenuous workload were associated with increased risk (2,12,13). During pregnancy, the extensive biomechanical changes lead to pelvic strain (14), and it is plausible that occupational lifting during pregnancy may increase this strain further.…”