Clinical Trial: Pelvic Girdle Pain in a Pregnant Population in Western Norway.

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional



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

Brief 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.