Effectiveness of Exercise in Menstruation Symptoms in Late Adolescents (17-20 Years of Age)

Background: Menstruation is a sign of woman's fertility. It is a normal process that females go through as their bodies prepare themselves for potential pregnancy. About once a month, females who have gone through puberty will experience menstrual bleeding. This happens because if pregnancy does not occur, thickened lining of uterus is shed, and accompanied by bleeding. Besides the bleeding, other signs and symptoms of menstruation such as lower back pain, joint pain, abdominal pain, tiredness, mood changes are also occur during menstruation. Exercises are one of the ways to reduce the severity of this pain and symptoms. The present study aimed to determine the effect of 8 weeks of exercises which include aerobics, stretching and cardio exercises on the severity of menstruation symptoms. Objective: Assess the effectiveness of exercise on menstruation symptoms in females. Samples and Methods: This is a Pre- experimental one group pre test -post test design. The sample size was 40 students of age 17-20 years, from IBB College of Physiotherapy, Kota. Simple random sampling technique was used in this study. Students were non Athlete, the participants were randomly divided into 2 Experimental Group (1st exp gp n=20,2nd control Group, n=20). Group Ist perform daily exercise for 8 week as suggested and group B follow their daily routine without exercise. Pre test data were collected during menstruation for 5 days using menstrual symptoms assessment questionnaire. From 7th day of menstruation various type of exercise was administered 30 minutes/day regularly up to 8 weeks. Post test I and post test II data were collected during menstruation after 4 week and then after 8 week. Results: High statistical significant improvements were noted in the pre and post intervention on menstruation symptoms .After administration of 8 weeks (30min/day) of exercise reduces the degree of symptoms among females at p <0.05 level of significance. Conclusion- The study concluded that, exercise was effective in reduction of symptoms of menstruation.