purpose this preliminary study aimed to determine the intrarater reliability of the quantitative tests for the study of non-specific low back pain. methods test-retest reliability of the measurements of ratio data was determined by an intraclass correlation coefficient (icc), standard error of measurements (sems), coefficient of variation (cv), and one-way repeated measures anova using the valu...

CONTEXT Chronic pelvic pain is localized in the lower abdomen or pelvis and persists for at least 6 months. It may be continuous or intermittent, without association to a cyclic menstrual condition or to maintaining sexual relationships. OBJECTIVE To justify the important role played by the myofascial component in the etiology and clinical manifestation of Chronic Pelvic Pain and encourage th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chronic pelvic pain is often difficult to diagnose and treat properly. Physicians called on to treat this problem may not be able to give a specific diagnosis. The aim of this study was to see whether the physical presence of anterior vaginal wall tenderness could help narrow down and elucidate diagnoses in a practice focusing on diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelv...

The objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in the community of São Luís, capital of the State of Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil, and to identify independent conditions associated with it. A cross-sectional study was conducted, including a sample of 1470 women older than 14 years predominantly served by the public health system. The interviews were he...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective, consecutive cohort analysis of the regression of the incidence and intensity of back and posterior pelvic pain after delivery in pregnant women was done. OBJECTIVE To identify back and posterior pelvic pain from mid-pregnancy to 5 months after delivery and to illustrate differences between these two pain types. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Chronic back pain may sta...

Pain is a complex perception affecting one’s state of consciousness, functional status, and quality of life. Clinically, pain intensity is often the only facet of pain that is assessed; but two large research networks (i.e., the Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment (OPPERA) [1] and the Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) [2]) have charact...

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a common disorder seen in men under the age of 50 and has a considerable negative impact on quality of life; it is a complex and difficult condition to treat, owing to its wide symptomatology. In order to effectively treat this condition, the UPOINT system was developed: it allows clinical profiling of a patient's symptoms into six broad categ...

BACKGROUND Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is a long-lasting condition. AIMS To explore changes in pain intensity, adjustment to pain, pain appraisal and coping strategies as well as to evaluate whether baseline pain appraisals and coping strategies and their changes were associated with outcome in the long term. METHODS A follow-up study was conducted on all consecutive women who had vi...