Effect of Swimming on Premenstrual Syndrome

NCT03264612 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 10
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Each female sets her experience of 47 manifestations on a 6 point scale separately for the premenstrual, menstrual and intermenstrual phases of her latest and worst menstrual cycle. Daily Symptoms Report was filled at the start and at end of the study (before and after performing swimming exercise) Females in group I were instructed to engage into swimming exercise 30 minutes daily, 3 times weekly for 3 months. Exercise was ceased on the first 3 days of menstrual cycle then resumed afterwards. The exercise included three stages: warming up, swimming and cooling down.

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Premenstrual distress questionnaire

  47 manifestations on a 6 point scale separately for the premenstrual, menstrual and intermenstrual phases of her latest and worst menstrual cycle. Daily Symptoms Report was filled at the start and at end of the study (before and after performing swimming exercise)

  3 months after start of swimming

Study Arms (2)

Swimming group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Females in group I were instructed to engage into swimming exercise 30 minutes daily, 3 times weekly for 3 months. Exercise was ceased on the first 3 days of menstrual cycle then resumed afterwards. The exercise included three stages: warming up, swimming and cooling down.

Behavioral: Aerobic exercise

Non swimming group

NO INTERVENTION

no intervention

Interventions

Aerobic exercise BEHAVIORAL

Females in group I were instructed to engage into swimming exercise 30 minutes daily, 3 times weekly for 3 months. Exercise was ceased on the first 3 days of menstrual cycle then resumed afterwards. The exercise included three stages: warming up, swimming and cooling down.

Also known as: Swimming

Swimming group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• virgins.
• Their age ranged from 18 to 25 years old
• Their body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18 to 25 kg/m2.
• They were clinically and medically stable during the study
• Have regular menstrual cycle of 23 to 35 days duration

You may not qualify if:

• cardiopulmonary or orthopaedic problems
• women taking any hormonal drugs or drugs that affect hormones as antidepressnats during the preceding 3 months before participation in the study
• any abnormality in ovulation or those with pelvic inflammatory diseases (PID).
• Women with endocrine abnormality as thyroid, pituitary or ovarian disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kasr Alainy medical school

Cairo, 12151, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Maged AM, Abbassy AH, Sakr HRS, Elsawah H, Wagih H, Ogila AI, Kotb A. Effect of swimming exercise on premenstrual syndrome. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2018 Apr;297(4):951-959. doi: 10.1007/s00404-018-4664-1. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

  PMID: 29350276 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome

Interventions

Exercise; Swimming

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Menstruation Disturbances; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Locomotion

Study Officials

• Ahmed Maged, MD

  kasr Alainy medical school

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 25, 2017
• First Posted: August 29, 2017
• Study Start: April 3, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 14, 2017
• Study Completion: August 12, 2017
• Last Updated: August 29, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Locations

EG (1)