Kinesiological Taping and Aerobic Exercise in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea:

Medipol Health Group

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aerobic Exercise; Kinesics; Primary Dysmenorrhea

Treatments: Behavioral: Aerobic exercise; Behavioral: Kinesiological taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04856280

KinesioExercisePD2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dysmenorrhea is defined as the pain and discomfort of women during the menstrual period. Kinesiological taping (KT) and aerobic exercise (AE) are effective methods for dysmenorrhea. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of KT and AE on pain, attitude, depression, and quality of life in women with dysmenorrhoea. Forty-five women with dysmenorrhea wıll randomly be divided into three groups as KT group (n=15), AE group (n=15) and control group (n=15). In KT Group, 6 sessions of KT will be applied, starting on the 14th day of the menstrual cycle and 2 times per week for 3 weeks until the end of the cycle. In the AE group, walking and climbing stairs will be given during the menstrual cycle, 3 days a week, 45 minutes. No application will be applied to the control group. All groups will be evaluated with Beck Depression Scale (BDS), Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Menstrual Attitude Scale (MAS), and Short Form- 36 (SF-36) before and after the intervention.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being in the age range of 15-30
• Not being married
• Women with abdominal pain during menstruation 5 and above according to the Visual Analogue Scale.
• Women whose menstrual cycle has started and those whose cycle continues.

Exclusion criteria

• Endometriosis and adenomyosis
• Myoma
• Endometrial polyp
• Previous pelvic infections
• Intrauterine device use
• Venous congestion in the internal genital organs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

The kinesiological taping (KT) group (n=15)

Experimental group

Description:

6 sessions of taping was applied to the kinesiological taping group, starting on the 14th day of the menstrual cycle and 2 times a week for 3 weeks until the cycle ended. Using the KT ligament technique, it was applied to the supra pubic region with 100% tension in order to reduce contraction in the uterus

Treatment:

Behavioral: Kinesiological taping

The aerobic exercise (AE) group (n=15)

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the AE group, walking and climbing stairs were given during the menstrual cycle, 45 minutes session per day, 3 days a week over 3 weeks. The exercise protocol consists of 5 minute warm up, 35 min AE and 5 minute cool-down exercises. Warm-up and cool-down exercises include an active range of motion (ROM) exercises for upper and lower extremity. Aerobic exercise includes 30 min of moderate walking and climbing stairs. The aerobic exercise was performed in accordance with the definition of moderate-intensity exercise of the World Health Organization; "It was given to the participants that during moderate exercise, the individual should walk with a tempo in a way that he can speak but cannot sing"

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aerobic exercise

The control group (n=15)

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group.