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Pectoralis major
Anterior oblique sling
Pectorals, external oblique, transverse abdominus
Transverse abdominus and internal oblique
Internal oblique
External oblique
Other muscles
Diaphragm
Pelvic floor
Sacroiliac joint, stabilization musculature, and lumbo-pelvic instability
(B)
which SI joint is unstable and as a post-treatment The scores of both sides were added, so that the
check to determine if a trial treatment is of value summed score ranged from 0 to 10.
(see Table 2). The test–retest reliability measured with Pearson’s
correlation coefficient between the two ASLR
The active straight leg raise test (ASLR) has been scores 1 week apart was 0.87; the ICC was 0.83.
shown to be associated with postpartum sacroiliac Sensitivity was 0.87 and specificity was 0.94 (Mens
(SI) pain (Mens et al., 2001). Mens asked the patient et al., 2001).
to score impairment on a six-point scale: It has been shown that altered kinematics
Not difficult at all ¼ 0 of the diaphragm and pelvic floor are present
Minimally difficult ¼ 1 in those with a positive ASLR test (O’Sullivan
Somewhat difficult ¼ 2 et al., 2002).
Fairly difficult ¼ 3 Additionally, manual compression through the ilia
Very difficult ¼ 4 normalizes these altered motor control strategies
Unable to do ¼ 5. (O’Sullivan et al., 2002).
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