Pelvic Girdle Pain in a Pregnant Population in Western Norway.

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

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Lumbopelvic pain
• Pelvic pain
• Performed ultrasound examination at 18th pregnancy week
• Expected normal pregnancy without complications
• Good competency in Norwegian language