Comparison of Pilates and Aerobic Exercises on Pain, Anxiety and QOL in PMS

NCT05697536 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Adeela Arif
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 26
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The significance of this study is that it may improve the premenstrual symptoms like pain and anxiety in females with premenstrual syndrome and improve their quality of life. This study may add to the growing body of knowledge that if these two techniques yield comparable outcomes and if one technique is superior to the other, which should be the alternative choice of therapy. Therefore, the study will be done to compare the effects of Pilate exercises and aerobic exercises on pain, anxiety and quality of life in females with premenstrual syndrome.

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Numeric Pain Rating Scale

  The Numerical pain rating scale is the most commonly used pain scale in the health care. This scale is used on subjects of age more than 9. By using this scale ask the participant to rate their pain orally by giving the numbers from 0-10. 0 means no pain and 10 worst pain.

  8th week

• Anxiety

  DASS-21 is a self reported questionnaire which is used to assess the severity of range of symptoms like depression, anxiety and stress. It is not only used to measure the severity of symptoms but can also be used to assess the subject's response to treatment. Less the scores mean less anxiety and more the score means severe anxiety.

  8th week

• WHO quality of life questionnaire

  WHO inventiveness to develop a quality of life assessment arises from a requirement for a genuinely international measure of quality of life and a commitment to the continued promotion of an holistic approach to health and health care. Its developmental process consisted of several stages.

  8th week

Study Arms (2)

Pilates training

EXPERIMENTAL

Group A will receive Pilates training. The treatment will be given with the frequency of 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Treatment sessions will be of 45 minutes with short resting intervals.

Other: Pilates training

Aerobic exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Group B will receive aerobic exercise plan. The frequency of treatment will be as same as that of Pilates exercise program i.e. 3 times a week for 8 weeks. Treatment sessions will be of 45 minutes with short resting intervals.

Other: Aerobic Exercise

Interventions

Pilates training OTHER

It consists of patients who will receive pilates exercise training sessions 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Every session will be of 45 minutes. Exercise programs follow the basic principles of pilates method but particularly movements with low and medium difficulty levels will be chosen to adapt the program to the physical capacity of the patients. Protocol will be compromise of 9 modules: postural education, search for neutral position, sitting exercise, antalgic exercise, stretching exercises, proprioceptively improvement exercises and breathing exercises.

Pilates training

Aerobic Exercise OTHER

It consists of patients who will receive aerobic exercise sessions 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Every session will be of 45 minutes. It will include warm up phase, active phase and

Aerobic exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Unmarried
• Age between 18-30 years
• Patients with at least 5 of 11 symptoms on premenstrual syndrome questionnaire

You may not qualify if:

• Patients suffering from Any Disability.
• Patients suffering from diabetes or hypertension or any other Chronic Illness.
• Spine fracture or history of Any Previous Surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Riphah International University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Riphah International university, Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Dickerson LM, Mazyck PJ, Hunter MH. Premenstrual syndrome. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Apr 15;67(8):1743-52.

  PMID: 12725453 BACKGROUND

• Samadi Z, Taghian F, Valiani M. The effects of 8 weeks of regular aerobic exercise on the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome in non-athlete girls. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2013 Jan;18(1):14-9.

  PMID: 23983722 BACKGROUND

• Citil ET, Kaya N. Effect of pilates exercises on premenstrual syndrome symptoms: a quasi-experimental study. Complement Ther Med. 2021 Mar;57:102623. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102623. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

  PMID: 33246104 BACKGROUND

• Roh SY. Effect of a 16-week Pilates exercise program on the ego resiliency and depression in elderly women. J Exerc Rehabil. 2016 Oct 31;12(5):494-498. doi: 10.12965/jer.1632704.352. eCollection 2016 Oct.

  PMID: 27807531 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome

Interventions

Exercise Movement Techniques; Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physical Therapy Modalities; Therapeutics; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Adeela Arif, Mphil

  Riphah International University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 4, 2023
• First Posted: January 26, 2023
• Study Start: January 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 25, 2023
• Study Completion: March 15, 2023
• Last Updated: June 15, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)