Association Among Pelvic Girdle Pain, Diastasis Recti Abdominis, Pubic Symphysis Width, and Pain Catastrophizing: A Matched Case-Control Study.

"Disclosures and Presentations The authors completed the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and reported no conflicts of interest. A portion of the results of this study was presented at the 27th European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; September 2–5, 2021; Athens, Greece."

"Funding This study was funded by a grant from the Fundacja dla Szpitala Specjalistycznego św. Zofii w Warszawie in Warsaw, Poland."

"The study was designed as a 1:2 matched case-control study. Each woman with PGP was matched to 2 women without PGP by age (±5 years) and the number of previous deliveries. The study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in Warsaw, Poland (KBE/10B/2018), and was prospectively registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ (NCT03835650). The study participants were recruited between April 2019 and December 2020 in St Sophia Specialist Hospital in Warsaw, Poland, among women routinely examined by physical therapists between 24 and 72 hours postpartum. Physical therapists screened those reporting symptoms of PGP against the recommended criteria. All of the participants spoke and understood Polish. Clinical Trial: This study was prospectively registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ (NCT03835650)."