The Effect of Zumba Dance on Primary Dysmenorrhea

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Primary Dysmenorrhea

Treatments: Other: zumba exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03561493

zumba exercise

Details and patient eligibility

About

the objective of this study is to investigate the effect of practising Zumba exercise in decreasing menstrual pain in young women with primary dysmenorrhea.

Full description

primary dysmenorrhea or painful menstruation without pelvic pathology is one of the most common complaints in women's medicine. The pain begins with the onset of menstrual bleeding and lasts for 72-12 h. Pain is usually in the middle line of the highest severity. Dysmenorrhea pain is often described as cramped and intermittent. Zumba is a dance-based fitness class that originated in Colombia in the 1990s and is now extremely popular worldwide. the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of regular Zumba exercise on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having regular menstrual cycles (30-35 days) and bleeding time of 3-10 days.
• history of primary dysmenorrhea(PD) which had affected daily activities in at least 50% of their cycles through the past 6 months; and pain intensity over 4 cm, based on the 10-cm visual analog scale score.
• having a pain score for PD on the visual analog scale (VAS) of 4-7 cm
• Age: 18-25 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• known diseases of the genitourinary system (e.g., pelvic inflammatory disease and urinary tract infections) or secondary dysmenorrhea and chronic diseases (heart disease, respiratory, kidney, blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, migraine, thyroid, anemia, nervous disorders).
• Previous Zumba fitness practice.
• irregular menstrual cycles; the use of intra-uterine devices and oral contraceptive pills.
• musculoskeletal injuries and metabolic/cardiorespiratory contraindications to physical exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

zumba exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will engage in 16 classes of 60-minute Zumba® fitness for two consecutive menstrual cycles (an 8-week period, twice weekly). Each class was one h in length and a recovery period of at least 48 h was taken between classes.

Treatment:

Other: zumba exercise

non zumba exercise group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in the control group did not receive any intervention.