Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Moe Yamaguchi
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine,
Kyoto
Japan
Research Article
Comparison of Pelvic Alignment among Never-Pregnant Women, Pregnant Women and Postpartum Women (Pelvic Alignment and Pregnancy)
Author(s): Moe Yamaguchi, Saori Morino, Shu Nishiguchi, Naoto Fukutani, Yuto Tashiro, Hidehiko Shirooka, Yuma Nozaki, Hinako Hirata, Daisuke Matsumoto and Tomoki AoyamaMoe Yamaguchi, Saori Morino, Shu Nishiguchi, Naoto Fukutani, Yuto Tashiro, Hidehiko Shirooka, Yuma Nozaki, Hinako Hirata, Daisuke Matsumoto and Tomoki Aoyama
Objective: To compare the pelvic alignment among never-pregnant women, pregnant women, and postpartum women.
Methods: A total of 177 nulliparous women (mean age, 18.9 ± 1.0 years), 45 pregnant women between the third and tenth month of pregnancy (mean age, 29.4 ± 3.8 years), and 124 primiparous women between the first and sixth months after delivery (mean age, 30.1 ± 4.4 years) were enrolled in this study. Pelvic alignment was measured by using the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and posterior superior iliac spines (PSIS) as landmarks. The bilateral difference of pelvic tilt was defined as pelvic asymmetry (PA), the distance between bilateral ASIS was defined as the anterior width of the pelvis (AWP), and the distance between the bilateral PSIS was defined as the posterior width of the pelvis (PWP).
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DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000294