The Effectiveness of Exercise in Reducing Dysmenorrhoea Pain in Adolescent Women: A Literature Study

Abstract

This literature study aimed to identify the effectiveness of exercise in reducing pain thresholds in adolescents with dysmenorrhea. A literature search on Pubmed, Research Gate, ScienceDirect, and Proquest, was conducted from March to June 2022. Stretching, Zumba, FITT, Yoga, Aerobics, and Physical activity were the exercises found in the journal, and the study population was devoted to adolescents. The research design was a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) and Quasi-Experiment. The pain scale in the journal used the Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VASP), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), MCGILL Pain, and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Of the ten journals that were analyzed, exercise was the most effective in reducing pain threshold when adolescents experienced dysmenorrhea. Of the five kinds of exercise found when analyzing the 10 journals, the most effective exercises reduced pain score is 5.62.


Keywords: Dysmenorrhea, exercise, Pain

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