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Exercise for the prevention and treatment of low back, pelvic girdle and lumbopelvic pain during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Davenport, M.H.
Marchand, Andree-Anne
Mottola, Michelle
Poitras, Veronica
Gray, Casey
Jaramillo Garcia, Alejandra
Barrowman, Nick
Sobierajski, F.
James, Marina
Meah, Victoria L.
Skow, Rachel
Riske, Laurel
Nuspl, Megan
Nagpal, Taniya
Courbalay, Anne
Slater, Linda
Adamo, Kristi
Davies, Gregory
Barakat, Ruben
Ruchat, Stephanie-May
Date
2019-01-03
Acceptance date
2018-07-24
Type
Article
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN
1473-0480
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Abstract
Objective The purpose of this review was to investigate the relationship between prenatal exercise, and low back (LBP), pelvic girdle (PGP) and lumbopelvic (LBPP) pain. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis and meta-regression. Data sources Online databases were searched up to 6 January 2017. Study eligibility criteria Studies of all designs were eligible (except case studies and reviews) if they were published in English, Spanish or French, and contained information on the population (pregnant women without contraindication to exercise), intervention (subjective or objective measures of frequency, intensity, duration, volume or type of exercise, alone [“exercise-only”] or in combination with other intervention components [eg, dietary; “exercise + co-intervention”]), comparator (no exercise or different frequency, intensity, duration, volume and type of exercise) and outcome (prevalence and symptom severity of LBP, PGP and LBPP). Results The analyses included data from 32 studies (n=52 297 pregnant women). ‘Very low’ to ‘moderate’ quality evidence from 13 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) showed prenatal exercise did not reduce the odds of suffering from LBP, PGP and LBPP either in pregnancy or the postpartum period. However, ‘very low’ to ‘moderate’ quality evidence from 15 RCTs identified lower pain severity during pregnancy and the early postpartum period in women who exercised during pregnancy (standardised mean difference −1.03, 95% CI −1.58, –0.48) compared with those who did not exercise. These findings were supported by ‘very low’ quality evidence from other study designs. Conclusion Compared with not exercising, prenatal exercise decreased the severity of LBP, PGP or LBPP during and following pregnancy but did not decrease the odds of any of these conditions at any time point.
Journal/conference proceeding
British Journal of Sports Medicine;
Citation
Davenport, M.H., Marchand, A.A., Mottola, M.F., Poitras, V.J., Gray, C.E., Garcia, A.J., Barrowman, N., Sobierajski, F., James, M., Meah, V.L. and Skow, R.J. (2019) 'Exercise for the prevention and treatment of low back, pelvic girdle and lumbopelvic pain during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(2), pp.90-98. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099400.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10369/10397
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099400
Description
Article published in British Journal of Sports Medicine on 03 January 2019 (online), available open access at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099400.
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsorship
This project was funded by a Canadian Institute of Health Research Knowledge Synthesis Grant. MHD is funded by an Advancing Women’s Heart Health Initiative New Investigator Award supported by Health Canada and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. A-AM is funded by a Fonds de Recherche du Québec– Santé Doctoral Research Award. RS is funded by a Canadian Institutes for Health Research Doctoral Research Award.
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