Title: Immediate Effect Of Physiotherapy Intervention In Subjects With Primary Dysmenorrhea – A Quasi-experimental Study

Abstract

Background and objective- Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is common among females, it is associate with menstrual pain with absence of an identifiable cause. Physiotherapy is beneficial to improve symptoms in females but there is limited evidence based on immediate effect of Physiotherapy interventions for the treatment of PD. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the immediate effect of physiotherapy interventions in subjects with PD. Methods- Sample size for this study was n=26 as it was based on previous studies. A single group experimental study was conducted among 26 healthy females with age between 18-25 years. The students were screened on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. In order to assess the menstrual pain quality short- form McGill pain questionnaire was used. Results- Results revealed significantly reduction in the menstrual pain and symptoms after the intervention with p-value of 0.00 and 95% of confidence interval. The physiotherapy intervention was beneficial in reduction of pain and symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea among physiotherapy students. Conclusion- The results showed that physiotherapy intervention has highly significant for reducing the pain intensity and the symptoms in subjects with primary dysmenorrhea.