Researchers compared standard treatment, stabilizing exercises and acupuncture on 386 pregnant women. Those who received acupuncture and did the exercises for six weeks reported less pain than the others.
The pain scale was also assessed by an independent examiner.
The researchers said acupuncture and stabilizing exercises are effective complements to standard treatment for pelvic pain during pregnancy.
"The findings are of particular importance because no previous study has shown such marked treatment effects among pregnant women with well defined pelvic girdle pain," the researchers said in a report published online by the British Medical Journal.
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