The Effects of Connective Tissue Manipulation in Primary Dysmenorrhea

Summary

Brief Summary: The aim of the present study is to investigate the efficacy of connective tissue massage in patients with primary dysmenorrhea. The present study is designed as a randomized placebo controlled study. Patients with primary dysmenorrhea and who agreed to participate in the study will be randomly divided into three groups. Connective tissue massage will be applied to the patients in the intervention group. Placebo ultrasound treatment will be applied to the patients in the placebo group. No application will be applied to the patients in the control group. As the research design includes the placebo group and the control group, it will be determined that if significant differences between the intervention and placebo groups are observed, this treatment effect is not related to a placebo effect or is not due to the natural course of the disease. If significant differences are found, the efficacy of the connective tissue manipulation in primary dysmenorrhea will be revealed and connective tissue manipulation may be an alternative approach to pharmacological approaches and other commonly used applications. This may reduce the need for pharmacological agents and reduce or eliminate the side effects associated with these agents.

According to the literature, there are studies that investigate short-term effects of connective tissue massage on symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life. However, there is no long-term follow-up randomized placebo-controlled study investigating the effect of connective tissue massage on menstrual pain and symptoms.

Conditions

• Primary Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

OTHER

connective tissue manipulation

From the estimated date of ovulation to the onset of menstrual bleeding, connective tissue massage will be applied to the sacral, lumbar, lower thoracic and anterior pelvic regions for 5 days per week. The application will take 10 min. During the massage treatment, the physiotherapist will touch the end of the middle finger with the skin of the patient and apply the skin to the pull. The patient will be in the supine position during the treatment of the anterior pelvic region while the patient is in the sitting position during the treatment of the back area.

OTHER

placebo ultrasound

From the estimated date of ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual bleeding, placebo ultrasound will be applied a total of 10 minutes (5 minutes for sacral and lumbar, and lower thoracic regions and 5 min for the anterior pelvic region). Placebo ultrasound application will be performed with superficial circular movements without applying excessive pressure. During the application, the device will only be switched on, the dose will not be adjusted and the patient will be given an image of ultrasound dose.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ceren Gursen · Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

40 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-05-01

Primary Completion

2020-02-01

Completion

2020-02-01

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations