NCT01098136

Pelvic Girdle Pain in a Pregnant Population in Western Norway.

A Study of Pelvic Girdle Pain in a Pregnant Population in Western Norway - Incidence, Cumulative Prevalence, Course and Intervention.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 650 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helse Stavanger HF · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Pelvic Girdle Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Chiropractic	Manual treatment of musculoskeletal complaints
OTHER	Conventional medical intervention	Medical, physiotherapy
OTHER	Conventional and alternative intervention	Medical and alternative methods for treatment of pelvic pain syndromes

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2010-04-02
• Last updated: 2012-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway