BMJ  2005;330 (2 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7494.0-c

Acupuncture works for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women

Adding acupuncture to standard treatment may be the treatment of choice for some types of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women. In a randomised single blind controlled trial including 386 Swedish pregnant women, Elden and colleagues (p 761) allocated patients to standard treatment, standard treatment plus acupuncture, or standard treatment plus stabilising exercises. After six weeks, both acupuncture and stabilising exercises proved to be efficient complements to standard treatment, but in this trial acupuncture was superior to the exercises, particularly in one sided sacroiliac pain, one sided sacroiliac pain combined with symphysis pubis pain, and double sided sacroiliac pain.

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Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled trial

Helen Elden, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsen, Hans-Christian Ostgaard, and Henrik Hagberg
BMJ 2005 330: 761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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