Changes in Skeletal System during Pregnancy
Volume 2 - Issue 1
Mohamed Nabih EL Gharib1* and Amro D Aglan2
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- 1Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
- 2Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
*Corresponding author:
Mohamed Nabih EL-Gharib, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Received: May 07, 2018; Published:May 14, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/IGWHC.2018.02.000127
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Abstract
Pain localized at the pelvic girdle during and after pregnancy
has been keyed out and registered as an entity since the 4th century
BC by Hippocrates. Contemporary medical research since the early
20th century has attempted to clarify the spectrum of the different
pathologies that this clinical syndrome represents [1]. Up till now, the
pregnancy causes changes in spinal curvature and posture remains
open for further studies. One of the most frequent complications
of pregnancy is low back pain, with 50±70% prevalence [2]. Its
incidence is higher in the third trimester of pregnancy, when the
most important biomechanical and morphological changes take
place. From the second trimester, abdominal morphology is altered
by the increased size of the uterus and the weightiness of the
fetus, with a 30% gain in abdominal mass [3]. Despite the frequent
occurrence of the problem, no explicit criteria for diagnosis and
therapy guidelines are available in the literature. The increased size
of the abdomen has been linked to a decreased static stability and
adaptive changes in spinal curvatures, which would compensate the
anterior displacement of the center of gravity, to ensure postural
balance [4].
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