Many treatments like acupuncture, manipulative therapy and pharmacological therapy have been proposed to alleviate symptoms associated with dysmenorrhea. However, no study has previously compared lumbar spine manipulation to pharmacological therapy in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
42
Lumbar spine manipulation
hyoscine (20 mg) and ibuprofen (400 mg) administered by oral via.
Adelina Jazmin Castillo-Sanchez
Puebla City, Mexico
Ruben Fernandez-Matias
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Pain intensity
Pain intensity measured with a visual analogue scale
Time frame: Change from baseline at 3 days
Pressure pain threshold measured in tibialis malleolus
Pressure pain threshold measured with an algometer in tibialis malleolus
Time frame: Change from baseline at 3 days
Pressure pain threshold measured in peroneal malleolus
Pressure pain threshold measured with an algometer in peroneal malleolus
Time frame: Change from baseline at 3 days
Low-back related disability
Low-back related disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Index
Time frame: Change from baseline at 1 month
Anxiety and depression
Anxiety and depression measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Time frame: Change from baseline at 1 month
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