Pelvic Girdle Pain - Classification

Classification

Prior to the 20th century, specialists of pregnancy-related PGP used varying terminologies. It is now referred to as Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain that may incorporate the following conditions:

• Diastasis of the Symphysis Pubis(DSP)
• Symphysis pubis dysfunction(SPD)
• Pelvic Joint Syndrome
• Physiological Pelvic Girdle Relaxation
• Symptom Giving Pelvic Girdle Relaxation
• Posterior Pelvic Pain
• Pelvic Arthropathy
• Inferior Pubic Shear/ Superior Pubic Shear /Symphyseal Shear
• Symphysiolysis
• Osteitis pubis (usually postpartum)
• Sacroiliitis
• One-sided Sacroiliac Syndrome /Double Sided Sacroiliac Syndrome
• Hypermobility

"The classification between hormonal and mechanical pelvic girdle instability is no longer used. For treatment and/or prognosis it makes no difference whether the complaints started during pregnancy or after childbirth." Mens (2005)