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A New Treatment for Primary Dysmenorrhea

NCT07213336 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2025-10-08

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Summary

Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a chronic health condition that affects primarily young women and interferes with daily activities, causes loss of work productivity, and reduces quality of life. In this controlled study, the effects of trigger point massage and stretching exercises applied to patients diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea on pain severity (Visual Analog Scale), menstrual symptoms (Menstruation Symptom Scale) and quality of life (SF-36) were investigated. Forty-five women who were followed up with the diagnosis of Primary Dysmenorrhea in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of a local Hospital. Participants were randomly assigned to exercise, exercise+trigger point, and control groups using a computer-generated randomization list. The "Visual Analog Scale" was used to evaluate the severity of menstrual pain, "Menstruation Symptom Scale" was used to evaluate the severity of menstrual symptoms, and "SF-36" was used to evaluate the quality of life.

Conditions

  • Primary Dysmenorrhea (PD)

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise, massage

trigger point massage and stretching exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Halic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • melek g yavuzer

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-01
Primary Completion
2023-02-01
Completion
2023-05-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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