NCT05834127

Effects of Aerobic Exercises and Yoga on Premenstrual Syndrome

Comparative Effects of Aerobic Exercises and Yoga on Pain and Symptoms Severity in Premenstrual Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Sign and symptoms including mood swings, sensitive breasts, food cravings, exhaustion, irritability, pain and sadness. The physical and emotional changes you go through with premenstrual syndrome can range from hardly perceptible to severe. Some people's physical discomfort and emotional stress are so severe that it interferes with their daily life. Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, most women's signs and symptoms go away four days following the start of their menstrual cycle. In this study the effects of aerobic exercises and Yoga on premenstrual syndrome population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized clinical trial which will incorporate two different interventions. Aerobic exercises and yoga would be administered to the females. 32 patients will randomly divided into two groups. Assessment will be done by using PMS scale and visual analogue scale. The goal of this study to compare the effects of aerobic exercises and yoga on premenstrual syndrome.

Detailed description

There are many different signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), including mood swings, sensitive breasts, food cravings, exhaustion, irritability, pain and sadness. Premenstrual syndrome is thought to have affected up to 3 out of every 4 women who are menstruation. A consistent pattern of recurrence exists for symptoms. However, the physical and emotional changes you go through with premenstrual syndrome can range from hardly perceptible to severe. Some people's physical discomfort and emotional stress are so severe that it interferes with their daily life. Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, most women's signs and symptoms go away four days following the start of their menstrual cycle. Various treatment options are available in the literature to effectively manage these issues through Pharmacotherapies. All these interventions are reported to have beneficial effect for these problems. In this study the effects of aerobic exercises and Yoga on premenstrual syndrome population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized clinical trial which will incorporate two different interventions. Aerobic exercises and yoga would be administered to the females. 32 patients will randomly divided into two groups. Assessment will be done by using PMS scale and visual analogue scale. The goal of this study to compare the effects of aerobic exercises and yoga on premenstrual syndrome. Subjects meeting the predetermined inclusion criteria will be divided into two groups. 1stgroup will be treated with aerobic exercise. 2nd group will be treated with yoga movements. The pain intensity (Visual Analog Scale) and PMS Scale will be measured before, at the end of 15 days, and after 1 month of treatment program. Recorded values will be analyzed for any change using SPSS25.

Conditions

• Premenstrual Syndrome
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aerobic exercise	Group A will receive aerobic exercise in the form of warm up and cool down (both for 5 min) * Treadmill (30 min) based on Target Heart Rate (calculated using Karvina formula at 60%-70% of heart rate reserve). * Treatment will be given 3 times a week for 1 month
OTHER	Yoga Exercises	Group B will receive yoga movements for 40 min, 3 times a week for 1 month. * They will be given yoga movements, including 10 min of Kapalbharti Pranayama which includes automatic inhalation with short and forceful exhalations. * 20 min of yoga movements (Cat-cow pose, Child's pose, Plank pose, Cobra pose - each for 5 min). * 10 min of meditation/relaxation in Savasana pose

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-20
• Primary completion: 2023-07-30
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2023-04-28
• Last updated: 2023-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan