Back pain pathophysiology
|
Back pain Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Lecture |
|
Case Studies |
|
Back pain pathophysiology On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Back pain pathophysiology |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Back pain pathophysiology |
Please help WikiDoc by adding more content here. It's easy! Click here to learn about editing.
Overview
Back Pain During Pregnancy
About 50% of women experience low back pain during pregnancy.[1]Back pain in pregnancy may be severe enough to cause significant pain and disability and pre-dispose patients to back pain in a following pregnancy. No significant increased risk of back pain with pregnancy has been found with respect to maternal weight gain, exercise, work satisfaction, or pregnancy outcome factors such as birth weight, birth length, and Apgar scores.
Biomechanical factors of pregnancy that are shown to be associated with low back pain of pregnancy include abdominal sagittal and transverse diameter and the depth of lumbar lordosis. Typical factors aggravating the back pain of pregnancy include standing, sitting, forward bending, lifting, and walking. Back pain in pregnancy may also be characterized by pain radiating into the thigh and buttocks, night-time pain severe enough to wake the patient, pain that is increased during the night-time, or pain that is increased during the day-time.
References
- ↑ Ostgaard HC, Andersson GBJ, Karlsson K. Prevalence of back pain in pregnancy. Spine 1991;16:549-52.