Effectiveness of Pilates Exercises in the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Uskudar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dysmenorrhea

Treatments: Other: reformer; Other: mat; Other: control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06774521

Uskudar19

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Pilates exercises in the treatment of dysmenorrhea and to contribute to the literature and information on this subject.

Full description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. The study will be conducted at the Fizyorapt physiotherapy and exercise consultancy center. It will be divided into 2 main groups as those between the ages of 18-50, those with a menstrual period of 3-9 days, those with menstrual pain complaints, and those who cooperate in completing the assessment scales. Participants will be asked to continue the given exercises for 6 weeks, 2 days a week and 45 minutes. People with psychological and physical disabilities will not be included in regular exercise. A personal information form will be prepared by the researcher in order to collect data on the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants. Visual analog scale (VAS) will be used to measure pain intensity and pain relief, Beck depression scale to determine depression symptoms, and menstruation symptom scale to evaluate menstrual pain and symptoms. These surveys will be repeated before and at the end of the study. The data to be obtained will be evaluated using the SPSS24 package program.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female individuals between the ages of 18-50
• Those with a menstrual period of 3-9 days
• Having menstrual pain complaints in most of their menstrual cycles
• Cooperating in completing the assessment scales

Exclusion criteria

• Having a history of abdominal surgery

• Having an active infection

• Having knee pain

  -. Using medication

• Participants with any pathology that prevents exercise will not be included in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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56 participants in 3 patient groups

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

those who did not receive any intervention

Treatment:

Other: control

reformer exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

They will practice reformer pilates exercises

Treatment:

Other: reformer

mat exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

They will practice mat pilates exercises

Treatment:

Other: mat