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Effect of Pelvic Rocking Technique on the Relief of Low Back Pain among Multigravida Pregnant Women
In third trimester of pregnancy, one of the problems that often arise
is back pain. Back pain in pregnant women can be relieved by pelvic
rocking exercise performed in a standing, sitting and lying position,
both in pairs with the husband or one of the other family members.
This study aims to determine the effect of pelvic rocking technique
on the relief of low back pain among multigravida pregnant women.
This was a pre-experimental study with pre-test and post-test nonequivalent control group design. The study was conducted at
Cakranegara Community Health Center. The study samples involved
30 multigravida pregnant women. The statistical test applied here
was Wilcoxon test. The results showed that regarding characteristics
of respondents, most of them were in the non-risky age group by 23
respondents (76.7%), had low education by 29 respondents (96.7%),
were unemployed (Housewives) by 25 respondents (83.3%), had
normal BMI by 18 respondents (60.0%), had normal weight by 18
respondents (60,0%), had a parity of >2 by 18 respondents (66.7%)
and were in the 25-38 weeks of gestation by 28 respondents (93.3%).
After the implementation of pelvic rocking technique, there was a
decrease in mean low back pain score by 1.47. Wilcoxon test result
obtained a P value of 0.00001. Pelvic rocking technique could
relieving low back pain among multigravida pregnant women.
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