The impact of body mass on spine alterations in pregnant women: A preliminary study

Technology and Health Care : Official Journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jolanta Pauk, Dagna Swinarska

Abstract

Weight gain is the most significant change during pregnancy. The lack of consensus among scientists as far as significant spine alterations are concerned requires basic knowledge to be increased. The aim of the paper is to determine changes in spine parameters occurring during pregnancy accompanying the increasing body gain. Twelve pregnant women were included in this study. Winspine Pointer, a three-dimensional motion analysis system, was applied for the tests. The output measurements were: pelvic torsion, pelvic obliquity, pelvic/shoulder obliquity, thoracic kyphosis angle, lumbar lordosis angle, and sacral angle. The correlation between the BMI index and the spine parameters was investigated using Spearman's correlation coefficient. Differences between women in the 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy were found for thoracic kyphosis angle and lumbar lordosis angle (P< 0.05). A statistically significant relationship was revealed between the BMI and the thoracic kyphosis in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy (R = 0.50, p= 0.005). With the increase of the BMI, the measured parameter also increased. Understanding the changes in spine parameters during pregnancy is important as far as prevention and treatment are concerned.

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Feb 7, 2020·Physiology·Deirdre E McGhee, Julie R Steele
Oct 1, 2020·Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association·Jolanta PaukKristina Daunoraviciene
Jul 4, 2021·Gait & Posture·Robert D Catena, W Connor Wolcott

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