Clinical trial NCT06750250: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise During the Different Phases of Menstural Cycle
Official title: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Rate Perceived Exertion, Performance Test Parameters and Behaviour During the Different Phases of Menstural Cycle
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Menstrual Cycle
Keywords: aerobic exercise
Physical exertion
balance
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-12-27
Enrollment: 48
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The menstrual cycle is a term to describe the sequence of events that occur in body as it prepares for the possibility of pregnancy each month. The average length of a menstrual cycle is 28 days. However a cycle can range in length from 21 days to about 35 days and still normal. The menstrual cycle is the time from the first day of your menstrual period until the first day of your next menstrual period. Every person's cycle is slightly different, but the process is the same. Menstruation is the monthly shedding of the lining of the uterus. Menstrual blood which is partly blood and partly tissue from the inside of the uterus flows from the uterus through the cervix and out of the body through vagina. Some people experience symptoms of menstruation and others don't. The intensity of these symptoms can also vary. The most common symptom is cramps. The cramping you feel in your pelvic area is your uterus contracting to release its lining. Menstrual cycle have four phases, menses phase (3 to 7 days of your periods), follicular phase (during the 10 to 14 days), ovulation phase (14 day if cycle is 28 days) and luteal phase (15 to 28 days).These will a Randomized control trial conduct on 42 participants. The data will be collected ffrom ladies gym and muscle work gym by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. The age between 18-25 years participants will perform the aerobic exercises during the different phases of menstrual cycle. A sample will be divided into two groups each group have 21 participants. The Group A control group will Education and Self-Management about health and fitness and perform the walk. Group B intervention group will be given the Aerobic exercise (cycling, treadmill and running). The participants assessed with Borg scale for rate perceived exertion, berg balance questionnaire use for performance test parameters and menstrual stress questionnaire use for behaviour. Data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 26.0.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ranged 18 - 25 years
* Physical active women
* Weight 40 to 60
* Normal BMI ( 18 to 24)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Contraceptive pills
* Perimenupause
* Ammnorehic women
* Pregnant female
* Irregular menstrual cycle
* Non-smokers to minimize confounding cardiovascular effects

Primary outcomes:
measure: vertical jump test
timeFrame: baseline and fourth week
measure: heart rate
timeFrame: baseline and fourth week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Sheikh Zayed Hospital,
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Rabiya Noor, PHD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Bull JR, Rowland SP, Scherwitzl EB, Scherwitzl R, Danielsson KG, Harper J. Real-world menstrual cycle characteristics of more than 600,000 menstrual cycles. NPJ Digit Med. 2019 Aug 27;2:83. doi: 10.1038/s41746-019-0152-7. eCollection 2019.
citation: American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Adolescent Health Care; Diaz A, Laufer MR, Breech LL. Menstruation in girls and adolescents: using the menstrual cycle as a vital sign. Pediatrics. 2006 Nov;118(5):2245-50. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-2481.
citation: Magyar DM, Boyers SP, Marshall JR, Abraham GE. Regular menstrual cycles and premenstrual molimina as indicators of ovulation. Obstet Gynecol. 1979 Apr;53(4):411-4. No abstract available.