The Effect of Myofascial Release Technique on the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea in Psoas Muscle

NCT ID: NCT04254510

Last Updated: 2020-04-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 38 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-02-10
• Study Completion Date: 2020-04-20

Brief Summary

Dysmenorrhea is a series of pathological symptoms associated with menstruation that interfere with daily activities such as abdominal cramps and pain in the menstrual period. General symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, lumbago, diarrhea and headache are also common. Primary dysmenorrhea refers to menstrual pain that does not depend on the underlying pathology. The kidneys act on the fascia of the psoas muscle. If the psoas muscle does not shorten and grow sufficiently, the kidneys may not move for a certain period of time and may experience ptosis. This causes venous ponding and may cause varicocele in men and primary dysmenorrhea in women. Techniques to be applied directly to the fascia of the psoas muscle can reduce symptoms of dysmenorrhea in women. In the literature review, no studies investigating the effectiveness of a treatment applied directly and only on the psoas muscle on primary dysmenorrhea were not found. This study can set an example for future studies. In our study, myofascial relaxation technique will be applied in women with primary dysmenorrhoea and its effect on pain will be examined.

Conditions

Woman; Primary Dysmenorrhoea

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Study Group

Myofascial relaxation technique

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Myofascial relaxation technique

Intervention Type: OTHER

• Before the intervention, the number of days of the last menstrual cycle of all participants, the number of painful days throughout the cycle, pain intensity values according to the Visual Analogue Scale will be recorded, and the scores will be recorded in the participants.
• Technique of direct relaxation of fascia of both psoas muscles to the participants in the myofascial relaxation group since the end of the last cycle, 90-120 sec. It will be applied by the physiotherapist twice a week.

Control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Myofascial relaxation technique

• Before the intervention, the number of days of the last menstrual cycle of all participants, the number of painful days throughout the cycle, pain intensity values according to the Visual Analogue Scale will be recorded, and the scores will be recorded in the participants.
• Technique of direct relaxation of fascia of both psoas muscles to the participants in the myofascial relaxation group since the end of the last cycle, 90-120 sec. It will be applied by the physiotherapist twice a week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• The age range is 18-30,
• Intense pain compared to visual analog scale in the lower region of the abdomen during or just before the menstruation period (> 4),
• No pregnancy history,
• Not using drugs for dysmenorrhea symptoms

Exclusion Criteria

• Not agreeing to participate in the study,
• Endometriosis, ovarian cyst, uterine fibroid, congenital malformation or pelvic inflammation,
• Having a diagnosis of secondary dysmenorrhea

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

esra pehlivan

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Tülay Ülkü Sevim

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Locations

Esra Pehli̇van

Istanbul, Üsküdar, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

MRT_Dysmenorrhea

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id