January 2017

Factors related with low back pain and pelvic pain at the early stage of pregnancy in Japanese women

The aim of this study was to clarify the proportion of women with low back and/or pelvic pain (LBPP) and LBPP-related factors at the early stage of pregnancy and to clarify the differences between LBPP-related factors in primiparous women and multiparous women in Japan. 157 pregnant women were recruited. Information about the presence of LBPP, degree of pain by using a visual analog scale (VAS), location of pain, past...

Author(s): Yuko Uemura, Toshiyuki Yasui, Kimiyo Horike, Kazuhisa Maeda, Hirokazu Uemura, Mari Haku, Reiko Sakae and Keiko Matsumura