Occupational lifting and pelvic pain during pregnancy: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

• Main Authors: Pernille Stemann Larsen (Author), Katrine Strandberg-Larsen (Author), Mette Juhl (Author), Susanne Wulff Svendsen (Author), Jens Peter Bonde (Author), Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Pelvic pain during pregnancy is a common ailment, and the disease is a major cause of sickness absence during pregnancy. It is plausible that occupational lifting may be a risk factor of pelvic pain during pregnancy, but no previous studies have examined this specific exposure. The aim o...