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Psychosocial aspects of the diagnosis
Especially in pregnant women, psychological and psychosocial aspects are of major
importance when it comes to a holistic therapy method like osteopathy. [38] To take
these into account, however, would go far beyond the scope of this thesis. Although it
would be very interesting to quantify these aspects, this would be too great an
undertaking as they even provide enough material for a continuative study.
5.2. Assessment of the results
5.2.1. Core data
The core data of the test persons show both a good homogeneity and no one-sided
characteristics. Primigravidae were well represented, as were secundi- and
multigravidae. Some of them were still confronted with working life stress, a slightly
greater part was not. According to the core data, the sample of 14 test persons thus
corresponds very well to the statistical population of pregnant women. [13]
Nevertheless, one aspect of my sample is in fact one-sided: none of the test persons
had had a miscarriage in the past. Exactly those two test persons who did not match
the inclusion criteria had had a miscarriage, as did the one who abandoned the
study.
5.2.2. Secondary dependent variables for clinical relevance
Pain provocation SIJ test series according to Laslett
Since Laslett’s study of 2005 [31] we can refer to two versions of pain provocation
SIJ tests. The first test series that includes seven SIJ provocation tests was
established following a study in 1994 [30] with the purpose of evaluating SIJ
instability in the German-speaking countries. [48] The second test series,
encompassing six pain provocation SIJ tests, was published by Laslett in 2005; in
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