Low Back Pain During Gestation [lombalgia Na Gestação]

This research qualitatively analyzed the contents of national and international scientific publications, indexed in the period from 1999 to 2005, about low back pain in gestation. Around 50 % of pregnant women complain about low back pain. The physiologic modifications that occur happen in pregnancy alter the posture of pregnant women and the largest incidence of low back pain usually happens in the last three months. Specific causes remain unknown. However, treatment involves analgesics, antiphlogistics, exercises and physiotherapy. Low back pain during gestation is a symptom that causes great discomfort and, depending on the level of pain, it generates motor disability and impairs daily activities, besides causing problems to take care of the baby after birth. Some discomfort of low back pain can continue for a period of up to three years after childbirth. We see a great need for further research in this subject area, in order to provide a better quality of life for pregnant women.144620624Johansson, G., Norén, L., Östgaard, H.C., Östgaard, S., Lumbar back and posterior pelvic pain during pregnancy: A 3-year follow-up (2002) Eur Spine J, 11, pp. 267-271Carr, C.A., Use of a maternity support binder for relief of pregnancy-related back pain (2003) JOGNN, 32, pp. 495-502Pereira, J.S., Silva, A.R.A., Comparação entre exercícios de alongamento estático e movimentos repetidos na lombalgia (2002) Fisioter MOV, 15 (1), pp. 11-17Commissaris, D.A., Dieën, J.H., Hirschfeld, H., Wikmar, L.B.N., Joint coordination during whole-body lifting in women with low back pain after pregnancy (2002) Am Acad Phys Med Rehabil, 83 (9), pp. 1279-1289Balderston, K.D., Carlson, H.L., Carlson, N.L., Pasternak, B.A., Understanding and managing the back pain of pregnancy (2003) Curr Womens Health Rep, 3 (1), pp. 65-71Birch, K., Fowler, N.E., Rodacki, A.L., Rodacki, C.L., Stature loss and recovery in pregnant women with and without low back pain (2003) Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 84 (4), pp. 507-512Ginai, A.Z., Mens, J.M.A., Ronchetti, I., Snijders, C.J., Stam, H.J., Vleeming, A., Responsiveness of Outcome Measurements in Rehabilitation of Patients with Posterior Pelvic Pain since Pregnancy (2002) Spine, 27 (10), pp. 1110-1115Hilde, G., Stuge, B., Vollestad, N., Physical therapy for pregnancy-related low back and pelvic pain: A systematic review (2003) Acta Obstet Gynecol, 82 (11), pp. 983-990Artal, R., Drinkwater, B.L., Wiswell, R.A., (1999) O Exercício Na Gravidez, , ed. Manole Ltda(SP)Bondi, R., Caliandro, P., Ceccarelli, E., D'Amico, P., Mazza, O., Padua, L., Patient-oriented assessment of back pain in pregnancy (2002) Eur Spine, 11, pp. 272-275Mens, J.M.A., Vleeming, A., Vries, H.J., Wingerden, J.P.V., Possible role of the long dorsal sacroiliac ligament in women with peripartum pelvic pain (2002) Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica, 81 (5), pp. 430-436Mantle, J., Polden, M., (2002) Fisioterapia Em Ginecologia e Obstetrician, , São Paulo (SP): Editora SantosFerreira, C.H.J., Nakano, A.M.S., Reflexões sobre as bases conceituais que fundamentam a construção do conhecimento acerca da lombalgia na gestação (2001) Rev Latino-am Enfermagem, 9 (3), pp. 95-100. , maio-junhoMartins, R.F., Silva, J.L.P., Prevalência de dores nas costas na gestação (2005) Rev Assoc Med Bras, 51 (3), pp. 144-147. , maio-junhoBarnes, R., Gonzalvez, S., Kulig, K., Landel, R., Requejo, S.M., The use of a modified classification system in the treatment of low back pain during pregnancy: A case report (2002) J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 32 (7), pp. 318-326Pahlbäck, M., Pilo, C., Ringdahl, K.H., Wikmar, L.N., Perceived pain and self-estimated activity limitations in women with back pain post-partum (2003) Physiother Res Int, 8 (1), pp. 23-35Nales, S., Pagano, K., Rasnake, M.S., Stone, A., Not another pain in pregnancy (2005) Obstet Gynecol Surv, 60 (1), pp. 1-2Calderon, I.M.P., Conti, M.H.S., Rudge, M.V.C., Desconfortos músculo-esqueléticos da gestação: Uma visão obstétrica e fisioterápica (2003) Femina, 31 (6), pp. 531-535Scialli, A.R., Evaluating chonic pelvic pain (1999) J Reproductive Med, 44 (9), pp. 945-1011Mogren, I.M., Previous physical activity decreases the risk of low back pain and pelvic pain during pregnancy (2005) Scand J Public Health, 33 (4), pp. 300-306Faghih, Z.S., Garshasbi, A., The effect exercise on the intensity of low back pain in pregnant women (2005) Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 88 (3), pp. 271-275To, W.W.K., Wong, M.W.N., Factors associated with back pain symptoms in pregnancy and the persistence of pain 2 years after pregnancy (2003) Acta Obstet Gynecol, 82 (12), pp. 1086-1091Berman, M.R., Caldwell, A.A., Dezinno, P., Kain, A.Z.N., Maranets, I., Wang, S.M., Low back pain during pregnancy: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes (2004) Obstet Gynecol, 104 (1), pp. 65-7