Comparison of spinal posture, kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing and disability in pregnant women with and without pelvic girdle pain

The aim of this study was to compare spinal posture, kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing and disability in pregnant women with and without pelvic girdle pain. A total of 54 pregnant women were included in the study. The pregnant women were divided into two groups as those with pelvic girdle pain (n=27) and those without pelvic girdle pain (n=27). The physical and sociodemographic characteristics of the pregnant women were questioned. Pregnant women's pelvic girdle pain was evaluated with the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire, pain intensity with the Visual Analog Scale, pain catastrophizing degree with the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, pain activity patterns with the Pain Activity Patterns Scale, disability degrees with the Oswestry Disability Index, and kinesiophobia with the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale. Spinal Mouse was used to evaluate the sagittal postures of pregnant women. Sacrum-hip, thoracic angle, length values and kinesiophobia values of the pregnant women were found to be similar in both groups (p>0.05). Those with pelvic girdle pain had higher VAS scores (p<0.001). The mean scores of Pain Catastrophizing Scale and Pain Activity Patterns Scale scores were similar in both groups (p>0.05). The disability level was found to be higher in patients with pelvic girdle pain (p<0.001). As a result of this study, spinal posture, kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing level and pain activity patterns were found to be similar in pregnant women with and without pelvic girdle pain. It was determined that the severity of pain and disability level were higher in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain. We think that disability, kinesiophobia and pain parameters should be added to the routine evaluations of pregnant women.