The Effects of Sacroiliac Joint Manual Therapy on Autonomic Nervous System and Lower Abdominal Pain in Women in Their 20s With Primary Dysmenorrhea

The Effects of Sacroiliac Joint Manual Therapy on Autonomic Nervous System and Lower Abdominal Pain in Women in Their 20s With Primary Dysmenorrhea

Disorders of the autonomic nervous system are considered another possible cause of dysmenorrhea. spinal manual threapty is acting on the parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves.

The sacrum affects all vertebrae, which affects the position of this bone, is thought to have a lot to do with dysmenorrhea.

In this study, by applying spinal manual threapty threapty to the sacroiliac joint in women in their 20s with primary dysmenorrhea, we tried to present an effective treatment method by evaluating the function of the autonomic nervous system and confirming the occurrence of pain in the lower abdomen.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women between the ages of 20-29
• Regular menstrual cycle (24-32 days)
• Those who have had symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea for at least 1 year
• Those who have lower back pain symptoms related to menstrual pain of 5 or higher on the Visual Analysis Scale (VAS)
• The body mass index is between 20-30
• Positive reaction to Gillet test

Exclusion Criteria:

• pelvic inflammatory disease
• uterine fibroids, polycystic ovary syndrome. Those with gynecological findings such as endometriosis
• Those who have used an intrauterine contraceptive device
• Those who took birth control pills or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at the time of the experiment