• Anne Marie Gausel, Stefan Malmqvist, Knut Andersen, Inger Kjærmann, Jan Petter Larsen, Ingvild Dalen, and Inger Økland.
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, P.O. Box 8100, Stavanger N-4068, Stavanger, Norway. anne.marie.gausel@sus.no.
• Eur Spine J. 2020 Mar 1; 29 (3): 556-563.

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the subjective recovery from pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during the first 6 weeks after delivery and to detect possible risk factors for a poor recovery.MethodsThe participants were included in this study at the routine ultrasound examination at 18 weeks of pregnancy. The women received a weekly SMS with the question "How many days during the last week has your PGP been bothersome?" The SMS-track from the final 10 weeks of pregnancy and first 6 weeks after delivery were assessed and sorted, based on individual graphs. A total of 130 women who reported PGP during pregnancy and met for clinical examination 6 weeks after delivery were included in the study.ResultsIn all, 83% of the women experienced substantial recovery from severe or moderate PGP within 6 weeks after delivery. Of these, 44% reported a substantial recovery already within 2 weeks after delivery. More multiparous women, women reporting PGP the year before pregnancy, and women with high pain intensity during pregnancy had a poor recovery.ConclusionsThe prognosis following PGP in pregnancy is good and the majority of women recovered substantially from severe and moderate pregnancy-related PGP within 6 weeks after delivery. For many women, a subjective substantial recovery occurred within 2 weeks after delivery. Predictors for a poor recovery were multiparity, PGP the year before pregnancy and a high pain intensity during pregnancy. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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