Aerobic Exercises Versus Sub Occipital Myofascial Release on Memory Function in Females With Premenstrual Syndrome.

Aerobic Exercises Versus Sub Occipital Myofascial Release on Memory Function in Females With Premenstrual Syndrome.

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of aerobic exercises versus sub occipital Myofascial release on memory functions in females with premenstrual syndrome.

The pooled prevalence of reproductive age women affected with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) worldwide amounts to 47.8%. Among these, about 20% of women experience symptoms severe enough to disrupt their daily activities, and the remaining have mild to moderate symptoms. They can experience an exacerbation of insomnia, memory problems, difficulty maintaining focus, and fatigue in the both follicular phase and luteal phase, but more noticed during the luteal phase. Memory deficit could affect those women social activities and one's daily positive functioning. Therefore, some females and their providers seek alternative treatments such as Aerobic exercise which represents a cost-effective, widely available, natural, and self-administered treatment with no adverse side effects, and it is reported that Aerobic exercise resulted in 16.5% increase in hippocampal volume and 53.7% increase in memory, as well as increased hippocampal resting-state functional connectivity.

And also, it is found the noticed role of suboccipital muscles release in improving memory functions through enhancing cerebral blood flow to the brain via vertebral artery, and also regulation of cortisol level that interferes with memory and stress.

Till now, there is no previous study illustrating the difference between the effect of aerobic exercise and sub occipital muscle release on memory functions in females with PMS. So, this study will be the first one in this issue. Therefore, it will have valuable benefits in physical therapy field and scientific research.

Inclusion Criteria:

Females with premenstrual syndrome and memory function deficits have to meet the following criteria in order to participate in this study:

• Their age ranged from 18 to 30 years old.
• Their body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18.5 - 30 kg/cm2.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any medications that can affect central nervous system or memory function.
• Any neurological disorders affect their memory function.
• Pregnant women.
• Daily smokers.
• Had a concussion or head trauma within the past 30 days.
• Took any illegal drugs or alcohol within the past 30 days.