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Introduction pain were more likely to have a massage or

Back pain is a symptom that occurs in acupuncture for relieving their pain, whereas
both men and women at any ages. In preg- the remaining used relaxation and yoga. 6

nant women, back pain can also happen due Many studies conducted domestically and in-
to changes in the anatomical posture and hor- ternationally, show a concordant conclusion
mone. Recent studies indicated that the that back pain is a critical problem for preg-

prevalence of back pain during pregnancy nancy. It can act as a nuisance and affect
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was 57.3%. Nearly one-third of these women the quality of life. We have recognized the
suffered from severe back pain that affected importance of this critical problem. The ben-
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their daily life. Symptoms of back pain could efits of the massage that affects most of the
occurred from early in pregnancy until giv- bodyûs systems and helps increasing blood

ing birth, the pain became more severe dur- flow to muscles and relaxing cramp has been
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ing the third trimester of pregnancy. Low realized. 7,8 Therefore, the aim of this study
back pain is the most common symptom and was to see the efficacy of the Thai massage

usually presents as a dull pain. Also most of on relieving low back pain in the third tri-
these pain (75.78%) does not radiate to the mester pregnancy and study of correlation
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other part of the body. Changes in the bio- between lordosis scale and low back pain
mechanics of the body by the increasing score.
weight and the width of the body, especially
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at the abdomen, can increase the action force
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exerted to the back. Changes in hormone At the antenatal clinic, Thammasat uni-
levels also affect the ligaments and muscles versity hospital, 62 pregnant women with the

drawing the chest and abdomen resulted in symptom of low back pain were recruited.
flabbiness, which generates pressure to the They were 20-35 years old and had the ges-

uterus and makes it protrude forward. In late tational age equal to or more than 34 weeks.
pregnancy, the woman with a weak abdomi- After getting and understanding the studyûs
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nal muscle will have a lumbar lordosis. From detail and procedure, they were asked to sign
Mahawanakul and Chaiwanichsiriûs study, the the informed consent and randomly allocated
average lordosis scale, by measuring the into two groups.
depth of the backs, in pregnant woman was The massage group received three ses-

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3.63 ± 0.65 centimeters. They found that sions of a one-hour Thai massage therapy for
61.4% of the pregnant women with low back 3 consecutive weeks. The control group had