The Influence of the Method Pilates in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Influence of the Method Pilates in Life Quality, Intensity of Pain and Flexibility of Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02301559
• Other study ID #: 04008402357J
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 16, 2014
• Last updated: November 25, 2014
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: November 2014
• Source: Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ
• Contact: Juliany M A da Fonseca, Principal
• Phone: (86) 81644967
• Email: juliany.markes[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Primary dysmenorrhea is the result of hypercontractility and uterine vascular ischemia is the most common gynecologic complaints in young women. According to the intensity of symptoms may impair daily living, work and leisure activities. Pilates brings the concept of moving the body for the recovery, maintenance and promotion of health through exercises that stimulate circulation, improving physical conditioning, flexibility and proper postural alignment, and promote improvement in the levels of body awareness, coordination and muscle control. In this sense, the objective is to investigate the effects of pilates in the symptomatology of primary dysmenorrhea. This is a study to be developed with students of Physical Therapy from the State University of Piauí-UESPI presenting with primary dysmenorrhea compatible clinical picture. A questionnaire will be used for research. The students with the framework of dysmenorrhea that meet the inclusion criteria will be assessed for anthropometric parameters, pain, flexibility, indirect assessment of contraction of transversus abdominis and quality of life before and after the treatment protocol using the pilates method, often 3 weekly meetings, totaling 20 sessions.

Description:

The objective is to investigate the effects of pilates in the symptomatology of primary dysmenorrhea. This is a study to be developed with students of Physical Therapy from the State University of Piauí-UESPI presenting with primary dysmenorrhea compatible clinical picture. A questionnaire will be used for research. The students with the framework of dysmenorrhea that meet the inclusion criteria will be assessed for anthropometric parameters, pain, flexibility, indirect assessment of contraction of transversus abdominis and quality of life before and after the treatment protocol using the pilates method, often 3 weekly meetings, totaling 20 sessions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 11
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Voluntary

• Female

• 18-25 years old

• Enrolled in Physiotherapy course at the State University of Piauí- UESPI, with symptoms compatible with primary, nulliparous dysmenorrhoea, who have regular menstrual cycle and who agree to participate spontaneously in the research, by signing a term of informed consent (Appendix a) in accordance with Resolution 466/2012.

• Participation in the survey did not veto the use of analgesic or contraceptive by the participants.

• All are oriented to maintaining the habits of life - food, work and leisure activities, medications - during the exercises

Exclusion Criteria:

• Will not be included in the selected research volunteers that do not show symptoms and characteristics consistent with primary dysmenorrhoea according to the questionnaire, and those who accept not participate and / or not signing the consent form sample.

• As criteria for inclusion are also not chronic back pain, regular physical activity (3 or more times per week), women with pathological picture associated or malformation of the pelvic organs (secondary dysmenorrhea), or those that make use of device Intra- uterus (IUD).

• Will be excluded from the sample participants who submit two consecutive absences to care.

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dysmenorrhea
• Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Pilates exercises
Pilates exercises with emphasis on pelvic region

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Estadual do Piaui	Teresina	Piaui

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain, Visual analog scale	Effects of pilates method in pain	two months	No
Primary	Quality of health, score Short Form-36	Effects of pilates method in quality of health	two months	No
Secondary	Flexibility, finger-ground test	Effects of pilates method in flexibility	two months	No