A single group trial (before - after) on impact of physiotherapeutic intervention package on relief from low back pain of pregnant women

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Introduction: More than half of the women have low back pain (LBP) at some point during pregnancy; the intensity of back pain increases as the pregnancy progresses. Such changes increase their risk for musculoskeletal disorders and fall injuries.

Aim and Objective: Our study's objective was to estimate the prevalence of LBP in antenatal and postnatal cases of pregnancy in PGIMER, Chandigarh and to ascertain impact of a training intervention on incidence and severity of LBP in the study subjects.

Methodology: A single group trial (before and after) on impact of physiotherapeutic intervention package on relief from LBP in pregnant women in between 20 and 35 years of age group were selected. The study duration was one year. The numeric pain rating scale was taken for measuring pain intensity at different levels. Where 0 indicates no pain, 1-3 indicates mild pain (which may be nagging, annoying, and interfering little with activities of daily livings (ADLs)), 4-6 indicates moderate pain (interferes significant with ADLs), and 7-10 indicates severe pain (Disabling, unable to perform ADLs). As per available time, it was decided to include at least 30 subjects in the study.

Results: Initially 45 patients were enrolled. Of those, 30 patients were suffering from backache, that is, 67% of the total and 33% did not have any backache. There were no backaches reported in the first trimester, five cases were in the second trimester, and 18 cases were in the third trimester. Of 30 patients, 11 were less than 25 years of age and remaining 19 patients were in the age group of 26-35 years.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of family medicine and primary care - 12(2023), 6 vom: 27. Juni, Seite 1078-1082

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sarkar, Pradip Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ajit [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Amarjeet [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Sonika [VerfasserIn]
Bhattacharya, Sudip [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Disability
Journal Article
Low back pain
Pregnancy

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Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1566_22

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361343035