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NCT Number: NCT06129708

Effect of Aquatic Exercise Versus Aerobic Exercise on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Quality of Life in Adolescent Females

This study was conducted to determine the difference between impact of aerobic and aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life in adolescent girls.

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Key information

Conditions

Dysmenorrhea Primary

Age range

14 year–20 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cairo University

Giza, Egypt

About this study

Dysmenorrhea manifests as painful menstrual flow it occurs in two forms primary and secondary. Primary and secondary dysmenorrhea is painful menstruation occur without any gynecological disease it was conducted that prevalence of dysmenorrhea 74.6% and it was significantly more frequent in students from rural residence (Shaimaa et al., 2018).

There is only one previous study investigate effect of aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea (Rezvani et al., 2013). There are several previous studies investigate effect of aerobic ex , however non of the previous studies compared between effect of aerobic and aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life of adolescent girls .Therefore this study was the first one which aimed to investigate the difference between effect of aerobic and aquatic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life in adolescent girls.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy, nonsmoking, virginal girls having moderate to severe primary dysmenorrhea (score on pain rating scale > 3).
  • Their ages ranged from 14 to 20 years
  • Their body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18 to 25 kg/m2.
  • They haven't practice any sports at least one year

Exclusion criteria

  • Any musculoskeletal disorder.
  • Cardio-respiratory disease.
  • Diabetes, hypertension, or anemia.
  • Adolescent girls who have utilized hormonal treatment in the six months prior to study commencement.
  • currently undergoing pharmacological therapy for menstrual pain management

Treatment and study plan

Aquatic Exercise

Other

The aquatic exercises included 5 minutes of warming up in form of walking and running in water, 20 minutes of aerobic and strengthening exercises of pelvis, abdominal and thigh muscles (Double-leg Squat, lunge, knee flexion and extension, hip flexion and

Aerobic Exercise

Other

The exercise protocol consists of 5 minute warm up, 35 min aerobic exercise and 5 minute cool-down. Exercises high-intensity treadmill-based treatment for primary dysmenorrhea for three days a week ,The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale from 6 ('no exertion at all') to 20 ('maximal exertion') was used to regulate the exercise intensity on the treadmill. Participants were encouraged to increase the speed of the treadmill until they perceived their RPE to be between 14 and 16. or at a perceived exertion of 11.0 (Borg scale) for the first five minutes (warm-up period), followed by aerobic exercise at 70-85% of maximum heart rate (MHR) (16.0-18.0 Borg scale) for 30 minutes. At the end of the exercise session, women completed a 5-minute cool-down (11.0 Borg scale).

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessment of dysmenorrhea severity

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    It was assessed for each participant in the two groups (A & B) before and after 12 weeks of treatment at the first day of menstruation, using WaLIDD scale, which has high sensitivity and high specificity.

  2. Measurement of pain intensity

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    It was measured for each participant in both groups (A & B) before and after 12 weeks of treatment at the first day of menstruation, using the Arabic version of numeric pain rating scale. The respondents were required to select a number (0-10 integers) that best reflected the intensity of her pain. In the numeric pain rating scale, 0 represented no pain, 1-3 indicated mild pain, 4-6 indicated moderate pain, while 7-10 indicated severe pain.

  3. Assessment of pressure pain threshold (PPT)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    The PPT was measured for each participant in both groups (A & B) before and after 12 weeks of treatment at the first day of menstruation, using a pressure algometry.

  4. Assessment of health related quality of life

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    The health related quality of life of all participants in both groups (A & B) was evaluated before and after the end of treatment program, using the Arabic version of EQ-5D-3L questionnaire.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Aquatic Exercise Versus Aerobic Exercise on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Quality of Life in Adolescent Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Nov 13, 2023
Registry last updated
Nov 13, 2023

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