Static trunk posture in sitting and standing during pregnancy and early postpartum
Static trunk posture in sitting and standing during pregnancy and early postpartum
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DOI:
10.1053/apmr.2002.36069
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发表时间:
2002-12-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Smith, R
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作者:
Gilleard, WL;Crosbie, J;Smith, R
Objective: To investigate the postural alignment of the upper body in the sagittal plane during sitting and standing postures as pregnancy progressed and then in the postpartum period.Design: Longitudinal, repeated-measures design.Setting: Biomechanics laboratory in an Australian university.Participants: A volunteer convenience sample of 9 primiparous and multiparous women and 12 nulliparous women serving as a control group.Interventions: Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures: Subjects were filmed while sitting and during quiet standing at intervals throughout pregnancy and at 8 weeks postpartum. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to assess systematic changes in the alignment of the pelvic, thoracic, and head segments, and the thoracolumbar and cervicothoracic spines. Student t tests were used to compare the postpartum and nulliparous control groups.Results: There was no significant effect of pregnancy on the upper-body posture, although there was a tendency in some subjects for a flatter thoracolumbar spinal curve in sitting as pregnancy progressed. Postpartum during standing, the pelvic segment had a reduced sagittal plane anterior orientation, and the thoracolumbar spine was less extended, indicating a flatter spinal curve compared with the control group.Conclusions: There was no significant effect of pregnancy on upper-body posture during sitting and standing, although individuals varied in their postural response. A flatter spinal curve was found during standing postpartum. (C) 2002 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.