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

Effect of Aquatic Exercise Versus Aerobic Exercise on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Quality of Life in Adolescent Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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.

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.

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