Pregnancy Support Garment

Abdul Jalil, Omnia Elsaied Niazy; El Sheikh, Khaled Mahmoud Abdo; Hefny, Shahira

doi:10.12816/0044473

Pregnancy Support Garment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Fashion designer

² Assistant Professor, Department of Readymade Garments, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University

³ Lecturer, Department of Readymade Garments, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University

10.12816/0044473

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is among the most common conditions for which general patients seek medical care (Manek & MacGregor, 2005). Eight of every ten people experience LBP at some point in their lives (Walker, 2000). 10-25% of women with chronic LBP reported the first symptom of back pain during pregnancy (Biering-Sorensen, 1983; Svensson et al., 1990). During pregnancy, LBP is by far the most common musculoskeletal problem affecting women. Approximately 50% to 80% of pregnant women complain of some form of low back pain, pregnancy-related low back pain (PLBP) and/or pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PPP) (Berg et al., 1988; Mogren & Pohjanen, 2005; Wang et al., 2004). The pain symptoms often interfere with work, daily activities, and sleep (Jensen et al., 2000; Noren et al., 2002; Wang et al., 2004). Pregnancy support garments are commercially-available and cost in the range of US $20-$150 (Carr, 2003; Ho et al., 2006; Yip & Yu, 2006). Although not scientifically substantiated, a large number of manufacturers have suggested the health benefits of various types of maternity support garments (Ho et al., 2007). These benefits include the reduction of fatigue, pressure, stress and strain of the back, the prevention and/or the relief of back pain, and the correction of posture. Among the four types of maternity support garments, the belts are most common as there are plenty of patents for the belt designs (Ho et al., 2006). The maternity support belts are also known as pelvic/ sacral/ sacroiliac/ trochanteric supports or belts, binders or braces (Carr, 2003; Heckman & Sassard, 1994; Perkins et al., 1998; Ritchie, 2003). Pregnancy support belts of different styles and materials (non-elastic, semi- elastic, elastic) are commonly used in studies for the treatment of PLBP and/or PPP (Carr, 2003; Elden et al., 2005; Nilsson-Wikmar et al., 2005). Objectives: 1 - Study the physical problems that occur on the body of the pregnant woman (abdomen and spine), especially the last three months of pregnancy and show the causes. 2 - Studying the latest developments in pregnancy support garment, their types, advantages and disadvantages of each type. 3 - Awareness pregnant women about the importance of pregnancy support garment which used to treat the back pain and pelvis pain. Results: This study examined the latest developments of design and production of pregnancy support garment and presented the latest scientific research on the psychological problems, body image and physical changes facing pregnant woman, especially in the last three months of pregnancy such as low back pain, pelvis pain and trying to reduce pain with pregnancy support garment, especially with the risk of curing this problem with medical drugs in that period which have a negative effects on mother and fetus health. This presentation shows the physical and psychological changes that occur in women during pregnancy and the impact on them negatively in their personal lives and the performance of their daily tasks, and the presentation of four types of pregnancy support garment that is used to reduce or prevent this problem like: belts, briefs, cradles, and body suits. And found that the belts are preferred because of the easy to wear, take off and allows a wide range of adjustment and increase the size of the abdomen, with some defects such as hardness in some places on the body, causing distress in pregnant women, may hinder fetus movement, causing heat and humidity on the skin.

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