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BACKACHE IN PREGNANCY II: PROPHYLACTIC INFLUENCE OF BACK CARE CLASSES
The London Hospital, London El IBB
Back care advice similar to that used in low back pain schools was made available to a group of primiparous women as early in their pregnancy as possible. Subsequently it was shown that they experienced significantly less troublesome and severe backache (P>=>0.01) than a control group for whom such advice was not available.