Pelvic Floor Muscles and Stabilization Integrated Training Improved Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain

Launched by YI-JU TSAI · Dec 19, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

Many women have pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PPGP), and about 30% with PPGP women still complain of pain after 1-year postpartum. Both physical and mental functions of PPGP women are impaired. Pelvic stabilization exercise with pelvic floor muscle training is believed to be effective for reducing pain and improved pelvic stability. However, intervention studies on PPGP women is limited and current evidence are controversial. Incorrect pelvic floor muscle activations may be partly contributed to these results. One previous study has showed about 60% of women cannot activate pelvic f...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • postpartum : ≥ 3 months
• • pregnancy-related pelvic pain
• • pain location is located between posterior iliac crest and gluteal fold
• • Clinical screening test for pelvic pain: ASLR : positive and SI joint ≥ 2 (+ symphysis ≥ 1)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • lumbar or pelvic surgery
• • lother causes of pelvic pain (such as fractures)
• • lRadiculopathy
• • lother health problems, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, rheumatism , etc
• • ldaily activities limited , unable to complete the experiment
• • lcommunication disorders
• • lmental disorder
• • lpregnancy
• • lhave been trained in stable muscle strength in the past.