NCT04687722

High Intensity Aerobic Training on Primary Dysmenorrhea

Effects of High Intensity Aerobic Training on Primary Dysmenorrhea Among Young Females.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Now a days Aerobic Exercise programs has been widely used as non-pharmacological means of treating pain disorders. This study intends to determine the effects of high intensity aerobic training on pain intensity, dysmenorrhea symptoms and quality of life of young girls having primary dysmenorrhea.

Detailed description

This study is a Randomized Control Trial, which will be conducted in Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University (Department of Rehabilitation Sciences). the calculated Sample size is 24 individuals using Epitool with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) and power 80%. Individual will be screened out according to inclusion criteria. Individuals will be allocated randomly into two groups, 12 in High Intensity Aerobic training group and 12 in Low Intensity Aerobic Training group by sealed envelope method. High Intensity Aerobic Training will be use in experimental group. Low Intensity Aerobic Training will be used in Control group. Assessment will be done on baseline day 1 prior to the intervention and after 8 weeks of training.

Conditions

• Primary Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High Intensity Aerobic Training.	Participants will perform 2-5 minutes of low to moderate intensity warm up exercises and then 20 minutes of high intensity aerobic training at 80-90% of heart rate maximum increased gradually on treadmill and elliptical trainer and then 2-5 minutes of low to moderate intensity cool down exercises.
OTHER	Low intensity Aerobic Training	Participants will perform 2-5 minutes of low to moderate intensity warm up exercises and then 20 minutes of low intensity aerobic training at 40-60% of heart rate maximum increased gradually on elliptical trainer and jogging and then 2-5 minutes of low to moderate intensity cool down exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-05-30
• First posted: 2020-12-29
• Last updated: 2021-06-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan