Paneri Sandeep Ghodke, Dhiraj Shete and Deepak Anap
Background: Since past 100 years SI joint has been a topic of interest in medicine. Hippocrates was one who described pelvic separation during labor. He said it remained so even after birth. Well-known spine specialists reported that SI joint dysfunction can be the main source of SI joint and low back pain. The purpose of study was to find out the age wise prevalence of sacroiliac joint dysfunction in females and to find the severity of sacroiliac joint dysfunction in primipara and multipara subjects.
Method: Approval of Institutional ethical committee was obtained. Written informed consent in their own language was obtained from all the subjects. Subjects were briefed about the procedure and purpose of the study. The tests like posterior pain provocation test and March test was conducted.
Conclusion: We found that 26% of postpartum women suffered with SIJ dysfunction which was unreported. Prevalence of SI joint dysfunction was highest in Full Term Normal Delivery (FTND) than lower segment Cesarian section (LSCS).
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