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Table 2 Thickness of the right transverse abdominal muscle (TrA) in participants with pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and controls without PGP

From: The transverse abdominal muscle is excessively active during active straight leg raising in pregnancy-related posterior pelvic girdle pain: an observational study

 

PGP

(n = 43)

Controls

(n = 39)

Group difference

TrA thickness at rest in mm, median (IQR)

3.1 (1.6)

3.1 (1.6)

0.17 (95% CI −0.25 to 0.54)

p = 0.54

TrA thickness increase during ASLR ipsilateral in %, median (IQR)

31 (46)

11 (25)

25.7 (95% CI 14.9 to 41.2)

p < 0.001

TrA thickness increase during ASLR contralateral in %, median (IQR)

31 (57)

13 (22)

23.6 (95% CI 10.4 to 37.5)

p = 0.005

  1. ASLR active straight leg raising, CI confidence interval, IQR Interquartile range