The Influence of the Method Pilates in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Pilates exercises

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 11
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Piaui
    • Teresina, Piaui, Brazil, 64000000
      • Recruiting
      • Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ
      • Contact: Juliany M A da Fonseca, Principal; Phone Number: (86)81644967; Email: juliany.markes@hotmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pilates Group; Pilates Group, Pilates exercises, 20 sessions, lasting 40 minutes each, 3 times per week. Soil and ball exercises, with emphasis on the pelvic region. The program began with the work of breathing and postural correction, with warm-up exercises or preparatory, followed by the framework of classical movements of the method.	Behavioral: Pilates exercises; Pilates exercises with emphasis on pelvic region

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain, Visual analog scale	Effects of pilates method in pain	two months
Quality of health, score Short Form-36	Effects of pilates method in quality of health	two months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Flexibility, finger-ground test	Effects of pilates method in flexibility	two months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Juliany M A da Fonseca, Principal, Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 25, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): November 26, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 26, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 25, 2014
• Last Verified: November 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Menstruation Disturbances; Pelvic Pain; Dysmenorrhea
• Other Study ID Numbers: 04008402357J