Effects of exercise on menstrual pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea: A feasibility study
- Conditions
- Primary DysmenorrheaReproductive Health and Childbirth - Menstruation and menopause
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000073707
- Lead Sponsor
- Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
(a) Non-pregnant women with general good health in the age group of 18-45 years with primary dysmenorrhea.
(b) Women with regular menstrual cycles and having no pelvic abnormality.
(c) Primary dysmenorrhea with pain scoring >4 on the visual analog scale (VAS range 0-10).
(d) Not on oral contraceptives and having no secondary dysmenorrhea.
(e) Women agreeing to refrain from the use of analgesics or other therapies during the course of their participation in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
(a) Women with pelvic abnormalities, chronic pelvic pain or with history of endometriosis.
(b) Women on hormonal therapy or oral contraceptive pills and having intra uterine devices.
(c) Women with menstrual cycle interval exceeding 30 days.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Short form of the Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ)[At baseline, 1st menstrual cylce after completion of intervention and follow up measurement during second menstrual cycle]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VASP)[At baseline, 1st menstrual cylce after completion of intervention and follow up measurement during second menstrual cycle]