Kinesiotaping versus pilate exercises on primary dysmenorrhea in girls / Amira Hassan Abdelaziz Hussein ; Supervised Soheir Mahmoud Elkosery , Ghada Ebrahim Elrefaye , Mohamed Fawzy Mohamed

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics

Back ground: Primary dysmenorrhoea (PD) is recurrent, cyclic, crampy pain in girls and its major symptoms included lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and headache that adversely affect daily life activities and school performance. Purpose: This study was designed to assess the effect of kinesiotaping versus pilate exercises on primary dysmenorrhea in girls. Subjects and Methods: Sixty girls participated in this study and their main complaints were pain and cramping during menstruation. They were divided randomly into two equal groups. Group (A) (30 girls) treated by kinesiotaping during menstruation for 3 successive menstruation. Group (B) (30 girls) treated by pilate exercises, 3 sessions per week for 3 months except the days of menstruation. Visual analogue scale to assess pain intensity, Quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction questionnaire, Menstrual Distress Questionnaire, WaLIDD score, Spielberger questionnaire and blood sample analysis to estimate plasma prostaglandin level were applied for each girl in both groups before and after the treatment course. Results: The obtained results showed a statistically highly significant improvement concerning visual analogue scale, Quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction, Menstrual Distress Questionnaire, Spielberger questionnaire in both groups but the improvement was highly significant improved in group (B) when compared with group (A).There was highly significant reduction of WALIDD score at post treatment in compare to pre-treatment in both groups but there was statistically non significant difference between both groups

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