- Section 1 Non-urgent obstetrics
- Diagnosis of pregnancy
- Antenatal screening tests
- Infections and vaccinations in pregnancy
- Medications in pregnancy
- Substance misuse in pregnancy
- Multiple pregnancy
- Vaginal discharge in pregnancy
- Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and low back pain (LBP)
- Exercise in pregnancy
- Travelling in pregnancy
- Management of constipation
- Urinary tract symptoms in pregnancy
- Rhesus alloimmunization
- Thyroid disease and pregnancy
- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
- Renal disease in pregnancy
- Cardiac disease and pregnancy
- Anaemia in pregnancy
- Jaundice
- Hypertension in pregnancy
- Asthma in pregnancy
- Pruritus in pregnancy
- Liquor volume and fetal growth
- Prolonged pregnancy and induction of labour
- Birth after Caesarean section
- Diagnosis of labour
- Management of the third stage of labour
- Clinical risk management
- Section 2 Obstetric emergency presentations
- Section 3 Non-urgent gynaecology
- Section 4 Gynaecology emergency presentations
(p. 28) Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and low back pain (LBP)
- Chapter:
- (p. 28) Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and low back pain (LBP)
- Author(s):
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
, Edward Morris
, and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199651399.003.0008
Pelvic girdle pain describes pain experienced in any of the pelvic joints (symphysis pubis and sacroiliac joints), and may extend to the inner thigh, groin, lower back, buttock, hip region, perineum, anterior thigh, or posterior aspect of the whole leg. This term includes ‘symphysis pubis dysfunction’. Low back pain describes pain in the lumbar region, which may have a dermatomal distribution, and possible neurological involvement.
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- Section 1 Non-urgent obstetrics
- Diagnosis of pregnancy
- Antenatal screening tests
- Infections and vaccinations in pregnancy
- Medications in pregnancy
- Substance misuse in pregnancy
- Multiple pregnancy
- Vaginal discharge in pregnancy
- Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and low back pain (LBP)
- Exercise in pregnancy
- Travelling in pregnancy
- Management of constipation
- Urinary tract symptoms in pregnancy
- Rhesus alloimmunization
- Thyroid disease and pregnancy
- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
- Renal disease in pregnancy
- Cardiac disease and pregnancy
- Anaemia in pregnancy
- Jaundice
- Hypertension in pregnancy
- Asthma in pregnancy
- Pruritus in pregnancy
- Liquor volume and fetal growth
- Prolonged pregnancy and induction of labour
- Birth after Caesarean section
- Diagnosis of labour
- Management of the third stage of labour
- Clinical risk management
- Section 2 Obstetric emergency presentations
- Section 3 Non-urgent gynaecology
- Section 4 Gynaecology emergency presentations