Effectiveness of physical therapy intervention on primary painful menstrual cycle.

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Disorders of muscles,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/03/031838
• Lead Sponsor: Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed to be university

Brief Summary

**Background:** Dysmenorrhea is a common problem in females which causes pain in the lower abdomen and lower back, cramp in thighs and give rise to stress, anxiety, and depression. So in primary dysmenorrhea girls lose their quality of life.

 **Purpose:** The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of quality of life and the improvement of pain along with evidence based tool (diagnostic ultrasound).

**Material and Methods:** Participants of primary dysmenorrhea of age between 18-35 years will be recruited based on selection criteria by the purposive sampling method. All participants will be randomly allocated into 2 groups, group A (experimental group 1) and group B(Comparison group 2)  All participants will be assessed at baseline with outcome measures of quality of life, improvement of pain, vas, depression scale, and diagnostic ultrasound. Duration of interventions would be 25 days during menstruation cycle treatment shall be provided 2 days before and during the menstrual cycle so that is a 1-week protocol 2days before the menstrual cycle and 5days during menstrual cycle.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-15
• Study Completion: 2023-11-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• I.Medical, Physiotherapy and Nursing female students of regional medical university.
• II.Age group 18-35 years III.Willing Participants IV.Participants were diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea according to pathos-physiology of dysmenorrhea.

Exclusion Criteria

• I.Hypertension, Diabetes, any other chronic disease II.Secondary Dysmenorrhea.
• III.Any Neurological and Cardiological disorder.
• IV.Irregular periods.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diagnostic ultrasound	it will be measured prior and after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
International physical activity questionnaire, Depression anxiety scale (DASS21), and Visual Analogue scale (VAS).	it will be measured prior and after intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maharishi Markandeshwar Hospital; 🇮🇳 Ambala, HARYANA, India

Maharishi Markandeshwar Hospital

🇮🇳Ambala, HARYANA, India

Sunita Sharma

Principal investigator

9467633734

drsunita.sharma@mmumullana.org