Background
Almost all women experience some degree of musculoskeletal disorder during pregnancy, and almost a quarter of them develop at least temporarily musculoskeletal disorders during pregnancy. The most common of which is lower back pain, which affects half of all pregnant women. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders caused by pregnancy in women referred to Motahari Hospital of Urmia.
Methods
The present study is a cross-sectional study in which 344 pregnant patients referred to Motahari and Imam Hospitals of Urmia during 2020 were studied. The demographic factors and pregnancy characteristics of patients were recorded and evaluated. Patients were also questioned and examined using a questionnaire. The relationship between demographic factors and the frequency of various skeletal abnormalities was investigated.
Results
The mean age of patients and the mean gestational age were 27 ± 4.76 years and 22 ± 3.4 weeks, respectively. The analysis of the relationship between age, gravid and parity of pregnant women with the prevalence of complaints and clinical examination findings, indicated women with gravid 4 or more had more complaints of back pain (p-value = 0.021). It was also found that there is a statistical relationship between the increase in body mass index of patients and the frequency of wrist pain and carpal tunnel syndrome in the study population (p-value = 0.03).
Conclusions
The present study indicated the rate of musculoskeletal complaints of patients and pathological factors such as lumbar hyperlordosis in women with higher gravidity is higher than other groups of pregnant women. Larger body mass index is associated with more wrist pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.