NCT05285475

Functional Exercises With Water Intake in Primary Dysmenorrhea

Effect of Functional Exercises With Water Intake on Sleep Quality and Menstrual Symptoms in Primary Dysmenorrhea

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Dysmenorrhea and its associated symptoms are very common in women. In Pakistan, almost 78% of women report Primary Dysmenorrhea. This will be a randomized controlled trial with two parallel groups. one group will be receiving functional exercises along with water intake and the other will be receiving no interventions.

Detailed description

Mostly in the reproductive years of age women suffers from the Pain of Menstruation which is known as Dysmenorrhea. In Pakistan every other girl is silently suffers from this disease leading to the inefficiency and one of the main cause of school and work absenteeism. This novel study is designed to target the menstrual symptoms of women with functional exercises combine with optimal intake of water. The objective of this study is to determine the effects of functional exercises with water intake on menstrual symptoms and pain in Primary Dysmenorrhea. This is a Randomized controlled study. Before the study, all the participants will go through baseline evaluation, and then allocated to the groups. The exercise protocol consisting of the combination of exercises with regular intake of water (in bouts) will be informed to them. Females fulfilling the criteria and willing to participate in exercise trial will be recruited in the study. Outcome will be assessed at baseline and post treatment after 8th week.

Conditions

• Primary Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise and Water Intake	The exercise protocol for this group will be abdominals, pelvic stretching and kegels exercises (PFM) for three days/week lasting about 30 minutes with approximately 1600-1800ml (8-10 glasses) intake of water for 8 weeks (two consecutive menstrual cycles) Exercises include: Piriformis stretching (5 repetitions×20 seconds) Adductor stretching (5 repetitions×20 seconds) Sit-ups (10 repetitions×3 sets) Bridging (10 repetitions×3 sets) Kegels exercises (10 repetions×3 sets) Pelvic elevation (10 repetitions×3 sets) Pelvic rotation (10 repetitions×3 sets) Cobra pose (5 repetitions×20 seconds)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-10
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-07-07
• First posted: 2022-03-17
• Last updated: 2022-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan