Pelvic girdle pain and relevance of ASLR testing: A ... - Cindy Verheul

Splitting the totals up per section, the emotional section of the DPQ shows an average of
20.1 to a maximum of 115. The physical section show an average of 26.4 up to a maximum
of 126.
The ASLR test was positive for 8 subjects with pelvic instability. This test was first performed
without and afterwards with compression. On one or more oft he other instability test, 25
women score positive. To give a positive score on this test following criteria need to be
fullfilled:
The test without compression causes pain
The test with compression causes no pain
In order to discuss the results in a structured way, we are going to discuss the results per
hypothesis.
5.2 Hypotheses
5.2.1 Hypothese 1
H0: There is no difference between the women who score positive on the Dallas Pain
Questionnaire and the women who score negative on the Dallas Pain Questionnaire.
Total Score:
Table 4 and figure 2 show that 80% had a positive and 20% a negative score. A graphical
view
Table 4: Characteristics of the groups based on the DPQ total score.
Score based on DPQ total Number %
Positive 8 20%
Negative 32 80%
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