Dysmenorrhea is more common among women of reproductive age, as it affects their quality of life and limit their daily activities and normal functioning. The estimates of dysmenorrhea from research conducted all around the world varied widely, from 20% to 90%. This study is planned to determine the effects of KT on clinical symptoms, QOL and academic performance of students with Primary dysmenorrhea.
Literature suggested that kinesio tape technique, one of the effective physiotherapy technique, used for Primary dysmenorrhea, to stimulate muscle movements, assist weak muscles (fascia and soft tissue), reduce discomfort and muscle cramps, facilitate proprioceptive input, boost lymph and blood flow, and relieve pain. This will be a randomized controlled trial, with three groups. Participants in the experimental group will receive therapeutic tape on the sacral and suprapubic regions with the Star shape and ligament with general physical therapy session. Sham group (ST) group will receive sham taping with general physical therapy session. Participants in Control group (CG) will receive only general physical therapy session. All groups will be assessed at baseline, at 8th week and 12th week for clinical symptoms, QOL and academic performance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
67
The kinesio tape technique, one of the physiotherapy techniques, is an elastic thin band, water-resistant, air-permeable framework to stimulate muscle movements, assist weak muscles (fascia and soft tissue), reduce discomfort and muscle cramps, facilitate proprioceptive input, boost lymph and blood flow, and relieve pain. Participants in the KT group will receive therapeutic tape on the sacral and suprapubic regions with the Star shape and ligament technique (From initial 4 h to 72 h of the menstruation cycle)
This group will receive KT tapping without stretch on the sacral and suprapubic region.
General physical therapy session including Hot pack (3-5min) and General body stretching(stretching of neck \& upper trapezius, arm \& shoulder girdle, triceps brachii, teres major \& minor, quadriceps muscle iliopsoas muscle, adductors muscle, hamstrings muscle) 30-45 sec each, for 7-10 min, (0-4 week) ,45-60sec each, for 10-15 min(4-8week), 15-20 min(8-12week) will be repeated 2 times/day.
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Visual Analog Scale
It is a numeric rating scale from 0 to 10 where 0 represents "no pain" and 10 represents the "worst possible pain.it is used to rate the pain intensity in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 8th week
Visual Analog Scale
It is a numeric rating scale from 0 to 10 where 0 represents "no pain" and 10 represents the "worst possible pain.it is used to rate the pain intensity in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
Time frame: Changes from 8th week to 12th week
Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire
The Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire, a psychometric test, underwent a correlational analysis to determine test-retest reliability. All the items had reliability coefficients equal to or greater than 0.648, and the average coefficient based on Z-score transformation 0.78. It will be used to measure the severity of dysmenorrhea symptoms.
Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 8th week
Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire
The Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire, a psychometric test, underwent a correlational analysis to determine test-retest reliability. All the items had reliability coefficients equal to or greater than 0.648, and the average coefficient based on Z-score transformation 0.78. It will be used to measure the severity of dysmenorrhea symptoms.
Time frame: Changes from 8th week to 12th week
Health-related life quality
Health-related life quality using the Short Form-36 will be used to measure the pre-post quality of life of the participants and it's a valid and reliable tool used in majority of researches to measure the quality of life.
Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 8th week
Health-related life quality
Health-related life quality using the Short Form-36 will be used to measure the pre-post quality of life of the participants and it's a valid and reliable tool used in majority of researches to measure the quality of life.
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Time frame: Changes from 8th week to 12th week
Self-Structured 20-items Academic Performance questionnaire
It is a 20 items questionnaire, divided under 5 subheadings, in a form of check list "yes or No" response, was developed to measure the impacts of menstrual symptoms on academic performance.
Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 8th week
Self-Structured 20-items Academic Performance questionnaire
It is a 20 items questionnaire, divided under 5 subheadings, in a form of check list "yes or No" response, was developed to measure the impacts of menstrual symptoms on academic performance.
Time frame: Changes from 8th week to 12th week