Chiropractic care for women with chronic pelvic pain: a prospective single-group intervention study.

Objective: To assess the role of chiropractic care for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) as a first step in designing a randomized clinical trial. Design: Prospective single-group intervention study. Setting: Chiropractic Research Center. Subjects: Nineteen volunteer female subjects meeting inclu...

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Publicado en:Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 73 - 80
Autores principales: Hawk C, Long C, Azad A
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Feb97
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          Pelvic Pain
          Chronic Pain
          Chiropractic
          Pain Measurement
          Pelvic Pain Therapy
          Chronic Pain Therapy
          Visual Analog Scaling
          Treatment Outcomes
          Chiropractic Assessment
          Psychological Tests
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          Prospective Studies
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
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          Confidence Intervals
          Statistical Significance
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Female
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
      ab: Objective: To assess the role of chiropractic care for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) as a first step in designing a randomized clinical trial. Design: Prospective single-group intervention study. Setting: Chiropractic Research Center. Subjects: Nineteen volunteer female subjects meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria for chiropractic treatment of chronic pelvic pain. Interventions: Chiropractic treatment consisting of flexion/distraction and trigger point techniques administered by faculty clinician over a period of 6 wk. Main Outcome Measures: Pain Disability Index (PDI) was the primary measure; secondary outcome measures were Visual Analog Scale for pain (VAS), RAND-36 Health Survey and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). All were administered at baseline and at 6 wk. Results: Eighteen subjects completed the study, with an attrition rate of 5%. The mean improvement in the PDI score was 13.0 points (p = .001); in the VAS it was 4.0 cm (p = .001); and in the BDI it was 6.1 points p < .001). All eight subscales of the RAND-36 Health Survey increased post-intervention, with the largest differences in role function limitations because of physical problems (45.8%), emotional problems (44.4%) and pain (40.6%). Conclusion: The chiropractic treatment used in this study had positive short-term effects. These results will be used to design a randomized clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of chiropractic care in the treatment of CPP.
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