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

NCT ID: NCT06129708

Last Updated: 2023-11-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-10-01

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

Dysmenorrhea Primary

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Group (A) Aquatic Exercise Group

They participated in an aqua aerobic exercise program, 3 days per week, for 8 weeks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Aquatic Exercise

Intervention Type: 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

Group (B) Aerobic Exercise Group

They participated in an aerobic exercise program on a treadmill, 3 days per week, for 8 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Aerobic Exercise

Intervention Type: 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).

Interventions

Aquatic Exercise

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

Intervention Type: OTHER

Aerobic Exercise

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).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Asmaa Yossry Abdelrahman Ahmed

Physical Therapist at Shubra General Hospital, PhD student at Department of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Sohier M. Elkosery, Prof.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Physical Therapy for Woman's Health, Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Locations

Cairo University

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

References

Abdelrahman AY, El-Kosery SM, Abbassy AH, Botla AM. Effect of aquatic exercise versus aerobic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life in adolescent females: A randomized controlled trial. Physiother Res Int. 2024 Jul;29(3):e2095. doi: 10.1002/pri.2095.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 38767193 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/004770

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id