Effect of Shockwave Therapy on Low Back Pain in Primary Dysmenorrhea
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain assessment
研究概览
简要总结
Primary dysmenorrhea (PD), defined as menstrual pain without any structural lesions, usually begins shortly before or immediately after the onset of the menstrual cycle and commonly lasts for 48 to 72 hour
详细描述
Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecological conditions in women. Primary dysmenorrhea (PD), defined as menstrual pain without any structural lesions, usually begins shortly before or immediately after the onset of the menstrual cycle and commonly lasts for 48 to 72 hour. It is accompanied by general symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting, malaise, weakness, lower backache, and diarrhea. In ovulatory cycles, women secrete high levels of or have increased sensitivity to prostaglandins. These prostaglandins may stimulate myometrial contractions and sensitize pain fibers, and thus induce pelvic pain.
Females of reproductive age often suffer from dysmenorrhea, a painful condition. Despite dysmenorrhea being generally considered a benign condition, a significant disability can result from it. Researchers suggest that dysmenorrhea has been linked to migraines, headaches, and fibromyalgia, among other painful disorders. The authors reported further evidence that dysmenorrhea can alter noxious sensory processing.
Primary dysmenorrhea usually begins six to 12 months after menarche and is characterized by spasmodic cramping pain in the lower abdomen that can radiate to the lower back and anterior or inner thighs. The pain usually has a clear temporal pattern: it begins a few hours before or at the start of menstruation, is most intense at onset, gradually waning over two to three days.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness shockwave therapy on low back pain in primary dysmenorrhea.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 30 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Their ages ranged from 18 to 30 years.
- •Their BMI were not exceeding 29 Kg/m
- •All patients were clinically diagnosed as low back pain during Primary Dysmenorrhea according to the Primary Dysmenorrhea Consensus Guideline
排除标准
- •Any known chronic disease (such as cardiovascular or renal diseases) or secondary dysmenorrhea.
- •Being pregnant or planning to get pregnant any time during the trial.
- •Having received other treatments for PD in the past half year.
- •Irregular menstrual cycles.
- •Mental or neurological disorder
研究组 & 干预措施
Hot back group
30 subjects were treated by hot back in the first 3 days of the menstrual cycle (follicular phase) for three consecutive menstrual cycles
干预措施: hot back (Radiation)
shock wave and hot back group
30 subjects were treated by hot back and shockwave therapy in the first 3 days of the menstrual cycle (follicular phase) for three consecutive menstrual cycles
干预措施: shockwave therapy (Radiation)
结局指标
主要结局
Pain assessment
时间窗: every month for three menstrual cycle
VAS scoring method. 0 is the least while 10 is the highest
次要结局
未报告次要终点