Research Article
Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain: Listening to Australian Women
Table 4
LBP, PGP, or combined pain, exercise habits, and lifestyle.
| | Initial survey: Exercise and lifestyle |
** (%) | LBP | PGP | Both LBP and PGP (%) | |
| | Regular exercise | | | | | | | ≥once per week | 36 (59) | 7 (70) | 12 (57) | 17 (57) | 0.7 | | No regular exercise | 25 (41) | 3 (30) | 9 (43) | 13 (43) | | Regular bending | | | | | | | Yes | 39 (64) | 7 (70) | 14 (67) | 18 (60) | 0.8 | | No | 22 (36) | 3 (30) | 7 (33) | 12 (40) | | Regular lifting | | | | | | | Yes | 28 (45) | 3 (30) | 13 (62) | 11 (40) | 0.1 | | No | 34 (55) | 7 (70) | 8 (38) | 19 (62) | | Regular stairs | | | | | | | Yes | 43 (69) | 8 (80) | 18 (86) | 17 (55) | 0.04* | | No | 19 (31) | 2 (20) | 3 (14) | 14 (45) |
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(), , phi = 0.3; **3 surveys not completed.
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