Low Back Pain and Physical Activity during Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Prospective Study

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is an increasingly reported condition, and physical activity (PA) may play important role. The aim of the present study was to evaluate proportion pregnancy-related LBP its association with type intensity level PA during pregnancy. Methods: A longitudinal prospective carried out a cohort 118 pregnant women. Participants were evaluated in all trimesters. assessed self-reported questionnaire participants categorized according occurrence. using Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire into tertiles. Binary logistic regression models constructed verify relationship between type, trimesters, LPB pre-pregnancy. Results: by 40.7%, 52.2% 66.7% subjects first, second, third respectively. No significant associations found PA. However ,women who had before pregnancy, compared those did not, higher odds expressing pregnancy (OR= 3.85, 95% CI: 1.344-11.025). Conclusions: common condition increased Results this suggest that are not associated emerging