[Symptomatic pelvic girdle relaxation. Clinical aspects].

In pregnancy a relaxation of the sacroiliac joints and the symphysis is a physiologic phenomenon which usually occurs without symptoms. In some cases, however, these changes cause characteristic symptoms, with pain and difficulty in walking: the symptomatic pelvic girdle relaxation. The condition may be confirmed by tenderness of the joints and provocation of pain by the sacroiliac joints tests. Usually the symptoms disappear shortly after giving birth, but some women suffer for several months, and a few suffer persistent symptoms, the pelvic joint syndrome.