Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth: prevalence, risk factors and report of lumbopelvic pain.

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Published in Br J Sports Med on June 20, 2016

Authors

Jorun Bakken Sperstad1, Merete Kolberg Tennfjord2, Gunvor Hilde3, Marie Ellström-Engh4, Kari Bø1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
2: Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
3: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
4: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Associated clinical trials:

Abdominal Diastasis Repair by Robotic Surgery (PROMA1) | NCT04176874

Diastasis Recti Abdominis Association With Sacroiliac Joint and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Postpartum C-section Women | NCT04519840

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