Effects of Aerobic Exercises and Yoga on Premenstrual Syndrome
Condition: Premenstrual Syndrome; Pain
MeSH terms: Syndrome; Premenstrual Syndrome
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Sign and symptoms including mood swings, sensitive breasts, food cravings, exhaustion,
      irritability, pain and sadness. The physical and emotional changes you go through with
      premenstrual syndrome can range from hardly perceptible to severe. Some people's physical
      discomfort and emotional stress are so severe that it interferes with their daily life.
      Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, most women's signs and symptoms go away four days
      following the start of their menstrual cycle. In this study the effects of aerobic exercises
      and Yoga on premenstrual syndrome population will be analyzed. This study will be a
      randomized clinical trial which will incorporate two different interventions. Aerobic
      exercises and yoga would be administered to the females. 32 patients will randomly divided
      into two groups. Assessment will be done by using PMS scale and visual analogue scale. The
      goal of this study to compare the effects of aerobic exercises and yoga on premenstrual
      syndrome.
    

Detailed description: 
      There are many different signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), including mood
      swings, sensitive breasts, food cravings, exhaustion, irritability, pain and sadness.
      Premenstrual syndrome is thought to have affected up to 3 out of every 4 women who are
      menstruation. A consistent pattern of recurrence exists for symptoms. However, the physical
      and emotional changes you go through with premenstrual syndrome can range from hardly
      perceptible to severe. Some people's physical discomfort and emotional stress are so severe
      that it interferes with their daily life. Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, most
      women's signs and symptoms go away four days following the start of their menstrual cycle.

      Various treatment options are available in the literature to effectively manage these issues
      through Pharmacotherapies. All these interventions are reported to have beneficial effect for
      these problems. In this study the effects of aerobic exercises and Yoga on premenstrual
      syndrome population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized clinical trial which
      will incorporate two different interventions. Aerobic exercises and yoga would be
      administered to the females. 32 patients will randomly divided into two groups. Assessment
      will be done by using PMS scale and visual analogue scale. The goal of this study to compare
      the effects of aerobic exercises and yoga on premenstrual syndrome. Subjects meeting the
      predetermined inclusion criteria will be divided into two groups. 1stgroup will be treated
      with aerobic exercise. 2nd group will be treated with yoga movements. The pain intensity
      (Visual Analog Scale) and PMS Scale will be measured before, at the end of 15 days, and after
      1 month of treatment program. Recorded values will be analyzed for any change using SPSS25.
    

Intervention name(s): Aerobic exercise; Yoga Exercises
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Group A will receive aerobic exercise in the form of warm up and cool down (both for 5 min)
Treadmill (30 min) based on Target Heart Rate (calculated using Karvina formula at 60%-70% of heart rate reserve).
Treatment will be given 3 times a week for 1 month; Group B will receive yoga movements for 40 min, 3 times a week for 1 month.
They will be given yoga movements, including 10 min of Kapalbharti Pranayama which includes automatic inhalation with short and forceful exhalations.
20 min of yoga movements (Cat-cow pose, Child's pose, Plank pose, Cobra pose - each for 5 min).
10 min of meditation/relaxation in Savasana pose
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Aerobic exercises; Menstruation; Premenstrual syndrome; Visual analogue scale; Yoga