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Background: Pelvic pain during menstruation is common among young adult women which has been linked to musculoskeletal pain in the lower back and hip regions.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between pelvic pain and chronic hip/lower back pain in Merrimack college female students ages 18-25.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used for this Pelvic Pain study. Data was collected using an online questionnaire that includes questions regarding demographics, medical history, pelvic pain levels, back/hip pain levels, frequency of symptoms along with a body map analysis. Statistical Analysis was conducted using SPSS software, including the chi-square test and the Mann-Whitney U Test.

Results: From 147 participants, 18 to 25 years old, (91.8%) reported pelvic pain, 16.3% reported hip pain and 49.0% reported low back pain. A significant association was found between low back pain and hip pain (p-value = 0.001). However, no significant association between period pain and hip pain (p-value = 0.396) or period pain to low back pain (p-value = 0.060). The Mann-Whitney U test showed no significant difference of pelvic pain severity between participants with and without hip pain (p-value = 0.545). Similar results with pelvic pain severity and participants with and without low back pain (p-value = 0.514).

Conclusions: While there may have been a strong association between hip pain and lower back pain, pelvic pain severity was not strongly related to either.

Publication Date

4-30-2026

Keywords

Pain, women's health

Correlation between Pelvic Pain and Lower Back/Hip Pain

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