Active clinical trials for "Pelvic Girdle Pain"

The investigators aim to conduct a prospective open label randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that following initial assessment by a physiotherapist, group care exercise class is as effective in reducing pain as individual physiotherapy care.

Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PPP) and pregnancy-related lumbar pain (PLBP) are two distinct symptoms, which can occur together as lumbar-pelvic pain.The primary objective is to measure the impact of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pregnancy-related lumbar and pelvic pain. The secondary objective is to study the interaction between pain and psycho-social factors during the gestational period.

Postpartum women with PPGP receiving specific pelvic stabilization exercise training with transabdominal sonography-guided Biofeedback would have better improvements on muscle functions, physical functions, pain, and disability compared to the regular pelvic stabilization exercise group

Pelvic girdle pain and gestational diabetes mellitus are experienced in similar trimesters of pregnancy. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on the occurrence of pelvic girdle pain and the severity of symptoms of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women.

Study type: Observational, prospective. Objectives: Primary: Identify psychosocial and clinical factors that predispose to the occurrence of pain following office hysteroscopy Secondary: Stratify risk factors for pain previous Cesarean section and pain score repeat C section and pain score post-menopausal and pain score type of delivery and pain score body mass index and pain score history of dysmenorrhea and pain score, abnormal uterine bleeding and pain score previous surgery upon uterine cervix and pain score Characterize women's psychosocial profile and pain score Establish anxiety as a factor influencing pain perception using (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults). Determine if there is a specified population who would benefit from procedure under anaesthesia

Pelvic girdle pain is frequently experienced in pregnant women and the mechanism of pelvic girdle pain is not known exactly. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia on pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women.

This is a multi-centre, prospective, open-label, single-arm, first-in-man clinical investigation. The patients enrolled in this clinical trial will undergo elective surgery for pelvic fusion. Following harvesting of autologous bone graft form the iliac crest, the donor site will be reconstructed with a new scaffold known as GreenBone. GreenBone is a ceramic reabsorbable scaffold which is obtained by the transformation of wood. It has a very similar structure to bone. The aim of the study is to evaluate the safety of using the GreenBone in humans and also to evaluate its capacity to promote new bone formation at the donor site.

This study will be conducted to show the effect of low level laser therapy 810 nm and pelvic stabilization exercises has Effect on pelvic girdle pain Postpartum Pelvic girdle pain (PPGP) is common complaint in pregnant women all over the world and it has a major impact on health and functioning as it decreases quality of life. PGP generally arises in relation with pregnancy, trauma and reactive arthritis. The onset of PGP is usually by weeks 17-19 of gestation, with a peak of incidence by weeks 24- 36. Postpartum follow-up studies have shown that 5- 27% of the women had persisting pain 1-3 months after delivery. However, it was report that 7% have remaining pain 6 years after delivery causing severe discomfort and reduced ability to work , ninety prime-gravid or multigravida postnatal women's were randomly classified into three groups, Group (A): composed of 30 patients who received low-level laser therapy and pelvic stabilization exercises for 12 sessions over six week's period by 2 sessions per week. Group (B): composed of 30 patients who low-level laser therapy only for 12 sessions over six week's period by 2 sessions per week and Group (C): composed of 30 patients who received pelvic stabilization exercises For 12 sessions over six week's period by 2 sessions per week. Pain Using Visual analogue scale, serum cortisol level, and disability using pelvic girdle questionnaire) were measured and compared at 0 and 6 weeks after the treatment in the 3 groups.

Urdu version of pelvic girdle questionnaire was drafted, tested for its reliability and validity on patients with pelvic girdle pain. Urdu version was linguistically acceptable and accurate for pregnant and post partum females with pelvic girdle pain. The result seems comparable to all the other versions and especially with original Norwegian version. This instrument is understandable and easy to find disability during pregnancy and post partum duration. It showed a good content, construct and convergent validity also present high internal consistency and test retest reliability.

The purpose of this study is to: describe degree of symptoms and disability during and after pregnancy to examine if women with pelvic girdle pain are able to correctly mark their pain location on a pain drawing to examine the responsiveness of The Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire