Premenstrual Syndrome in Young Women With Eight Weeks of Aerobic Exercise

NCT05198115 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 3574
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The premenstrual syndrome includes physical and psychological symptoms that occur at the end menstrual cycle and exercise is one of the ways to reduce symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a regular 8-week aerobic exercise program on psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.

Conditions

Aerobic Exercise; Premenstrual Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Emotional (EM) scale

  emotional scale from \[0 to 10\]

  eight weeks

Study Arms (2)

Aerobic group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The intervention consisted of aerobic exercise training, which was taught to participants face-to-face at a meeting. At the end of the session, we provided the intervention group with CDs and educational posters containing all the exercises

Behavioral: aerobic exercise

Eight Weeks of Aerobic Exercise

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

The control group was subjected to all the pre-and post-assessments but were not asked to perform the exercise intervention. Instead, we phone-called them to give a reminder for filling out the questionnaires.

Behavioral: aerobic exercise

Interventions

aerobic exercise BEHAVIORAL

aerobic training for 8 weeks, 3 times a week, and 60 min each time

Aerobic group; Eight Weeks of Aerobic Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: pms only for women
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• young women aged 18-25 years with a body mass index (BMI): 18-25 kg/m2, having regular menstrual cycles of 23-35 days duration, no previous practice of aerobic exercise, free from musculoskeletal injury, not using oral contraceptive pills or taking any psychotropic agents, having no depression or genital tract diseases

You may not qualify if:

• pregnancy, contraindications to physical exercise, metabolic or cardiorespiratory illness, cigarette smokers, women who recover from a major injury or using anti-inflammatory, hyperlipidemia or hypertension medications, any abnormality in ovulation, and women with diabetes mellitus, thyroid, pituitary, or ovarian disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Al-Azhar University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome

Interventions

Exercise

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: dr ahmedsaidali MCs candidate Principal Investigator

Model Details: Eight Weeks of Aerobic Exercise

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 19, 2021
• First Posted: January 20, 2022
• Study Start: February 25, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 25, 2022
• Study Completion: April 30, 2022
• Last Updated: February 22, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share