Effect of Aquatic Exercise Versus Aerobic Exercise on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Quality of Life in Adolescent Females

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Brief Summary: This study was conducted to determine the difference between impact of aerobic and aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life in adolescent girls.

Detailed Description: Dysmenorrhea manifests as painful menstrual flow it occurs in two forms primary and secondary. Primary and secondary dysmenorrhea is painful menstruation occur without any gynecological disease it was conducted that prevalence of dysmenorrhea 74.6% and it was significantly more frequent in students from rural residence (Shaimaa et al., 2018).

There is only one previous study investigate effect of aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea (Rezvani et al., 2013). There are several previous studies investigate effect of aerobic ex , however non of the previous studies compared between effect of aerobic and aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life of adolescent girls .Therefore this study was the first one which aimed to investigate the difference between effect of aerobic and aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life in adolescent girls.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy, nonsmoking, virginal girls having moderate to severe primary dysmenorrhea (score on pain rating scale > 3).
Their ages ranged from 14 to 20 years
Their body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18 to 25 kg/m2.
They haven't practice any sports at least one year

Exclusion Criteria

Any musculoskeletal disorder.
Cardio-respiratory disease.
Diabetes, hypertension, or anemia.
Adolescent girls who have utilized hormonal treatment in the six months prior to study commencement.
currently undergoing pharmacological therapy for menstrual pain management

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group (A) Aquatic Exercise Group	Aquatic Exercise	They participated in an aqua aerobic exercise program, 3 days per week, for 8 weeks
Group (B) Aerobic Exercise Group	Aerobic Exercise	They participated in an aerobic exercise program on a treadmill, 3 days per week, for 8 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of pressure pain threshold (PPT)	12 weeks	The PPT was measured for each participant in both groups (A \& B) before and after 12 weeks of treatment at the first day of menstruation, using a pressure algometry.
Assessment of dysmenorrhea severity	12 weeks	It was assessed for each participant in the two groups (A \& B) before and after 12 weeks of treatment at the first day of menstruation, using WaLIDD scale, which has high sensitivity and high specificity.
Assessment of health related quality of life	12 weeks	The health related quality of life of all participants in both groups (A \& B) was evaluated before and after the end of treatment program, using the Arabic version of EQ-5D-3L questionnaire.
Measurement of pain intensity	12 weeks	It was measured for each participant in both groups (A \& B) before and after 12 weeks of treatment at the first day of menstruation, using the Arabic version of numeric pain rating scale. The respondents were required to select a number (0-10 integers) that best reflected the intensity of her pain. In the numeric pain rating scale, 0 represented no pain, 1-3 indicated mild pain, 4-6 indicated moderate pain, while 7-10 indicated severe pain.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

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