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Specific exercises to treat pregnancy-related low back pain in a South African population . OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of an exercise program , including specific stabilizing exercises , on pain intensity and functional ability in women with pregnancy-related low back pain . METHODS Fifty women between 16 and 24 weeks of pregnancy were recruited at Tygerberg and Paarl Hospitals , Western Cape , South Africa . Twenty-six women were randomized to a 10-week exercise program and 24 were randomized as controls . RESULTS Overall , the most frequent type of back pain experienced was lumbar pain ( 36 [ 72.0 % ] ) . Pain intensity ( P=0.76 ) and functional ability ( P=0.29 ) were comparable between the groups on study entry . In the study group , there was a significant improvement in pain intensity ( P < 0.01 ) and an improvement in functional ability ( P=0.06 ) at the end of the study . In the control group , there were no significant changes in pain intensity ( P=0.89 ) or functional ability ( P=0.70 ) at the end of the study . CONCLUSION A specific exercise program decreased back pain intensity and increased functional ability during pregnancy in South African women with lumbar and pelvic girdle pain .
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Intervention_Educational
Specific exercises
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Intervention_Physical
exercise program , including specific stabilizing exercises
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Intervention_Educational
10-week exercise program and
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Intervention_Control
controls .
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Intervention_Educational
specific exercise program
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Outcome_Pain
lumbar pain
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Outcome_Pain
Pain intensity
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Outcome_Physical
functional ability
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Outcome_Pain
pain intensity
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Outcome_Physical
functional ability
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Outcome_Pain
pain intensity
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Outcome_Physical
functional ability
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Condition
pregnancy-related low back pain
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Participant_Sample-size
Fifty
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Participant_Sex
Twenty-six women
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Participant_Sample-size
24
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Participant_Condition
lumbar and pelvic girdle pain