What is it about?
This review covers the existing evidence-base from randomised controlled studies of interventions designed to help pregnant women with low back and / or pelvic girdle pain.
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Why is it important?
We need to establish the quality and strength of the evidence base so that the public and fellow health care professionals can make fully informed choices when managing these conditions. Women often are expected to self-manage, and typically seek information from a wide range of sources (not all of which are reputable), which makes it even more important that they are fully aware of what interventions may or may not be helpful. The evidence base in this area of research is growing rapidly, resulting in the need to update this review regularly.
Perspectives
The evidence base in this area is largely high in clinical heterogeneity and of low quality, making it impossible to make any strong recommendations for the use of any particular intervention over another. However, there have been some better quality studies using acupuncture or craniosacral therapy that have shown promising results for reducing pelvic girdle pain, and the combined results from a number of exercise studies have shown improved outcomes for LBP.
Dr Sarah Dianne Liddle
University of Ulster
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This page is a summary of: Interventions for preventing and treating low-back and pelvic pain during pregnancy, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, September 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001139.pub4.
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