Liz Halsey

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

  • Elden H, Ladfors L, Olsen MF, et al. Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled trial. BMJ 2005;330:761. doi:10.1136/bmj.38397.507014.E0

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

  • Guerreiro da Silva JB, Nakamura MU, Cordeiro JA, Kulay L Jr. Acupuncture for low back pain in pregnancy–a prospective, quasi-randomised, controlled study. Acupunct Med. 2004 Jun;22(2):60-7. doi: 10.1136/aim.22.2.60. PMID: 15253580.

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

  • Pennick, V., & Liddle, S. D. (2013). Interventions for preventing and treating pelvic and back pain in pregnancy. The Cochrane Library. Aug 1;(8):CD001139.

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

  • Elden H, Fagevik-Olsen M, Ostgaard H-C, et al. Acupuncture as an adjunct to standard treatment for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: randomised double-blinded controlled trial comparing acupuncture with non-penetrating sham acupuncture. BJOG Int J Obstet Gynaecol 2008;115:1655–68. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01904.x

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

  • Nicolian S, Butel T, Gambotti L, et al. Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture versus standard care for pelvic and low back pain in pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One 2019;14:e0214195. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214195

Pregnancy-related pelvic and back pain

  • Svahn Ekdahl A, Fagevik Olsén M, Jendman T, et al. Maintenance of physical activity level, functioning and health after non-pharmacological treatment of pelvic girdle pain with either transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or acupuncture: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2021;11:e046314. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046314