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Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnant Women

Investigation of the Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on the Pelvic Girdle Pain and Symptom Severity in Pregnant Women

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04769375
Enrollment
200
Registered
2021-02-24
Start date
2021-04-01
Completion date
2021-08-20
Last updated
2022-01-20

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Conditions

Gestational Diabetes, Pelvic Girdle Pain, Pregnant Woman

Keywords

gestational diabetes mellitus, pregnancy pelvic girdle pain

Brief summary

Pelvic girdle pain and gestational diabetes mellitus are experienced in similar trimesters of pregnancy. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on the occurrence of pelvic girdle pain and the severity of symptoms of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women.

Interventions

The presence of pain localization pelvic girdle pain will be questioned in the body chart. Inaddition to this, the level of the pelvic girdle pain will be evaluated by visual analog scale.

OTHERApplication of pelvic girdle pain tests

The tests will be applied sequentially to investigate the presence and severity of the pain (Tests: Posterior Pelvic Pain Provocation, Patriarch FABER, Long Dorsal Sacroiliac Ligament Pain Provocation, Simpsis Palpation, Modified Trendelenburg and Active Straight Leg Raise)

OTHERApplication of pelvic girdle questionnaire

Pelvic girdle questionnaire will be filled by pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain.

Sponsors

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Pregnant women diagnosed with GDM in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters Pregnant women without GDM diagnosis in 2nd and 3rd trimester First pregnancy Second or third pregnancy 20-40 years old

Exclusion criteria

Diabetes mellitus before pregnancy The presence of an orthopedic or neurological problem that may cause musculoskeletal disorder and biomechanical sequence deviations from normal Pre-pregnancy chronic lumbar-pelvic pain description History of spine, pelvis or lower extremity surgery or fracture in the past 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluation of painBaselineMeasuring of the presence of pain and severity level of pain with body chart and vısual analog scale
Evaluation of test of pelvic girdleBaselineMeasuring of the presence of pain and severity level of pain with pelvic girdle provocation and palpation tests
Evaluation of pelvic girdle questionnaireBaselineMeasuring of the pelvic girdle questionnaire (PGQ) in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026