Effects of Aerobic Exercises and Yoga on Premenstrual Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT05834127

Last Updated: 2023-12-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-20

Study Completion Date

2023-08-01

Brief Summary

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Sign and symptoms including mood swings, sensitive breasts, food cravings, exhaustion, irritability, pain and sadness. The physical and emotional changes you go through with premenstrual syndrome can range from hardly perceptible to severe. Some people's physical discomfort and emotional stress are so severe that it interferes with their daily life. Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, most women's signs and symptoms go away four days following the start of their menstrual cycle. In this study the effects of aerobic exercises and Yoga on premenstrual syndrome population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized clinical trial which will incorporate two different interventions. Aerobic exercises and yoga would be administered to the females. 32 patients will randomly divided into two groups. Assessment will be done by using PMS scale and visual analogue scale. The goal of this study to compare the effects of aerobic exercises and yoga on premenstrual syndrome.

Detailed Description

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There are many different signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), including mood swings, sensitive breasts, food cravings, exhaustion, irritability, pain and sadness. Premenstrual syndrome is thought to have affected up to 3 out of every 4 women who are menstruation. A consistent pattern of recurrence exists for symptoms. However, the physical and emotional changes you go through with premenstrual syndrome can range from hardly perceptible to severe. Some people's physical discomfort and emotional stress are so severe that it interferes with their daily life. Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, most women's signs and symptoms go away four days following the start of their menstrual cycle.

Various treatment options are available in the literature to effectively manage these issues through Pharmacotherapies. All these interventions are reported to have beneficial effect for these problems. In this study the effects of aerobic exercises and Yoga on premenstrual syndrome population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized clinical trial which will incorporate two different interventions. Aerobic exercises and yoga would be administered to the females. 32 patients will randomly divided into two groups. Assessment will be done by using PMS scale and visual analogue scale. The goal of this study to compare the effects of aerobic exercises and yoga on premenstrual syndrome. Subjects meeting the predetermined inclusion criteria will be divided into two groups. 1stgroup will be treated with aerobic exercise. 2nd group will be treated with yoga movements. The pain intensity (Visual Analog Scale) and PMS Scale will be measured before, at the end of 15 days, and after 1 month of treatment program. Recorded values will be analyzed for any change using SPSS25.

Conditions

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Premenstrual Syndrome Pain

Keywords

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Aerobic exercises Menstruation Premenstrual syndrome Visual analogue scale Yoga

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Aerobic exercises

Group A will receive aerobic exercises. Treatment will be given 3 times a week for 1 month. Total number of sessions will be 12

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Aerobic exercise

Intervention Type OTHER

Group A will receive aerobic exercise in the form of warm up and cool down (both for 5 min)

* Treadmill (30 min) based on Target Heart Rate (calculated using Karvina formula at 60%-70% of heart rate reserve).
* Treatment will be given 3 times a week for 1 month

Yoga exercises

Group B will receive yoga. Treatment will be given for 40 min, 3 times a week for 1 month.

Total number of sessions will be 12

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Yoga Exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Group B will receive yoga movements for 40 min, 3 times a week for 1 month.

* They will be given yoga movements, including 10 min of Kapalbharti Pranayama which includes automatic inhalation with short and forceful exhalations.
* 20 min of yoga movements (Cat-cow pose, Child's pose, Plank pose, Cobra pose - each for 5 min).
* 10 min of meditation/relaxation in Savasana pose

Interventions

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Aerobic exercise

Group A will receive aerobic exercise in the form of warm up and cool down (both for 5 min)

* Treadmill (30 min) based on Target Heart Rate (calculated using Karvina formula at 60%-70% of heart rate reserve).
* Treatment will be given 3 times a week for 1 month

Intervention Type OTHER

Yoga Exercises

Group B will receive yoga movements for 40 min, 3 times a week for 1 month.

* They will be given yoga movements, including 10 min of Kapalbharti Pranayama which includes automatic inhalation with short and forceful exhalations.
* 20 min of yoga movements (Cat-cow pose, Child's pose, Plank pose, Cobra pose - each for 5 min).
* 10 min of meditation/relaxation in Savasana pose

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 16 and 45 years
* No history of any mental and physical diseases
* No history of joint, motion, muscle, and bone diseases that reduce their abilities of exercise
* Not on any medication and mineral supplements during three menstrual cycles
* Having regular menstrual cycles 24 to 35 days
* No incidents such as relatives' death, marriage, or any medical emergency in the last 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Not able to tolerate physical exercise
* Any history of gynecological surgery
* Professional athletes
* Chronic disease: diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease, infectious disease
* Irregular and infrequent menstrual cycle
* Using intrauterine devices and hormonal therapy
* Pregnant Females
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sabiha Arshad, M.phil

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

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Jinnah Hospital Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24701496 (View on PubMed)

Derman O, Kanbur NO, Tokur TE, Kutluk T. Premenstrual syndrome and associated symptoms in adolescent girls. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 Oct 15;116(2):201-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.04.021.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15358465 (View on PubMed)

Steiner M, Steinberg S, Stewart D, Carter D, Berger C, Reid R, Grover D, Streiner D. Fluoxetine in the treatment of premenstrual dysphoria. Canadian Fluoxetine/Premenstrual Dysphoria Collaborative Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1995 Jun 8;332(23):1529-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199506083322301.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7739706 (View on PubMed)

Chen KM, Tseng WS, Ting LF, Huang GF. Development and evaluation of a yoga exercise programme for older adults. J Adv Nurs. 2007 Feb;57(4):432-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04115.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17291207 (View on PubMed)

Vaghela N, Mishra D, Sheth M, Dani VB. To compare the effects of aerobic exercise and yoga on Premenstrual syndrome. J Educ Health Promot. 2019 Oct 24;8:199. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_50_19. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31867375 (View on PubMed)

Wewers ME, Lowe NK. A critical review of visual analogue scales in the measurement of clinical phenomena. Res Nurs Health. 1990 Aug;13(4):227-36. doi: 10.1002/nur.4770130405.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 2197679 (View on PubMed)

Ghaffarilaleh G, Ghaffarilaleh V, Sanamno Z, Kamalifard M, Alibaf L. Effects of Yoga on Quality of Sleep of Women With Premenstrual Syndrome. Altern Ther Health Med. 2019 Sep;25(5):40-47.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31221931 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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REC/RCR & AHS/23/0508

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id