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

Total score:
Based on the ASLR test only has 20% of the women would have pelvic instability. So 80% of
postnatal women have a negative ASLR test score. (see table 27 and related figure 10)
Table 27: Hypothesis 4: Instability score based on Active Straight Leg Raising test characteristics only
Score on ASLR Number %
Positive 32 80%
Negative 8 20%
Figure 10: Hypothesis 4: Instability score based on Active Straight Leg Raising test characteristics only
Characteristics and differences:
The difference in these positive and negative ASLR test groups is very minimal on average
age, average BMI and on the average number of weeks after the birth. The significant
differences can be found in the area of the DPQ scores. The total score on the DPQ for the
women in the group with a positive ASLR test is on average 114, the average score on the
DPQ of women with a negative score on the ASLR test is 29.6. The average score on the
physical DPQ differs between 62.8 and 17.3 for respectively a positive and negative score
on the ASLR test. The average score on the emotional DPQ differst between 51.3 and 12.3
for respectively a positive and negative score on the ASLR test. These results are made
visible in table 28.
Score based on ASLR characteristics
20%
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80%
Positive
Negative