Kinesiotaping Versus Pilate Exercises

Exercise Clinical Trial

Official title:

Kinesiotaping Versus Pilate Exercises on Primary Dysmenorrhea

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04359381
• Other study ID #: 90
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 24, 2019
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Sixty girls participated in this study and their main complaints were pain and cramping during menstruation. They were divided randomly into two equal groups.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 14 Years to 20 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Their ages ranged from 14 to 20 years old

• their body mass index (BMI) would be less than 25 Kg/m2

• having primary dysmenorrhoea

Exclusion Criteria:

• skin diseases or cardiac diseases

• irregular or infrequent menstrual cycles

• previous abdominal or back operations

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dysmenorrhea
• Exercise

Intervention

Other:
• kinesiotaping application
kinesiotaping was applied once the menstrual pain begins (one day before menstruation) for periods of 4 to 5 days until the pain disappears and then removed it. Kinesiotaping was used for 3 successive menstruations.
• Pilate exercises program
Each girl in group (B) was engaged in a supervised pilate exercises program for 30 minutes per session for 3 days/week for 12 weeks except days of menstruation. Participants would be oriented to wear comfortable clothes .

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Ghada Elrefaye	Cairo

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University	Amira Hassan Abdelaziz, Soheir Mahmoud El-Kosery

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Weight and height scale	Was used to measure the weight and height of each girl before starting the study and to calculate BMI according to the following formula: BMI = weight (kg) / height square (m)2	three months
Secondary	Visual analog scale	For determining pain intensity before and after the treatment course for each girl in both groups (A&B). VAS is a-10 cms line, at one end was written (no pain = zero) and at the other end was written (worst pain the patient ever felt = 10)	three months