Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain - postpartum prevalence and association with pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and diastasis recti.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain; diastasis recti; postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Other reproductive health and childbirth disorders; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000764235
• Lead Sponsor: Malgorzata Starzec

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-05-07
• Study Completion: 2020-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 21 July 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 411

Inclusion Criteria

minimum 12h postpartum
- agreement for study participation

Exclusion Criteria

- diseases and chronic conditions that could elicit similar to Pelvic Girdle Pain symptoms e.g. Scheuremann disease, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, diastasis pubic symphysis
- no agreement to participate in the study
- age less than 18 or more than 40

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
percentage of patients with persistent postpartum pelvic girdle pain (at least 2 out of 7 provocation tests):<br>- posterior pelvic pain provocation test<br>- distraction test<br>- compression test<br>- ASLR<br>- symphysis pubis palpation<br>- LDL palpation<br>- FABER test<br>[5 days postpartum (primary time point), 6, 12, 24 weeks postpartum]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
-rate of diastasis recti assessed by manual palpation<br>[once within 6-24 weeks postpartum];-tone of pelvic floor muscles assessed by manual palpation[once within 6-24 weeks postpartum];- resting tone of pelvic floor muscles assessed by perineometry[once within 6-24 weeks postpartum];- strength and endurance of pelvic floor muscles assessed by PERFECT scheme and perineometry[once within 6-24 weeks postpartum]