Abstract
Study Objective
To study the effectiveness of performing Zumba exercise on the severity and duration
of pain in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
Design
Randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Cairo University gynecology Hospital and Bahgat gym and fitness center.
Participants
Ninety-eight women diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea.
Interventions
Study participants were divided randomly into 2 equal groups: group I included women
who engaged in Zumba exercise for 60 minutes twice weekly for 8 weeks, and group II
was a control group with no intervention.
Main Outcome Measures
The primary outcome was the menstrual pain intensity measured using the visual analogue
scale scores at 4 and 8 weeks after starting Zumba exercise. The secondary outcome
was the difference in the duration of pain in both groups.
Results
Both groups were homogeneous regarding the baseline demographic characteristics. The
severity of primary dysmenorrhea at the beginning of the study was not significantly
different between the 2 groups. Menstrual pain intensity was significantly decreased
in the Zumba group after 4 and 8 weeks of Zumba compared with the control group (mean
difference, −2.94 [95% confidence interval, −3.39 to −2.48] and −3.79 [95% confidence
interval, −4.16 to −3.43], respectively; P = .001). Also, the duration of pain was shorter in the Zumba group compared with
the control group at 8 weeks (4.92 ± 1.90 vs 9.10 ± 2.92 hours, respectively; P = .001).
Conclusion
The Zumba intervention can reduce the severity and duration of menstrual pain thus
suggesting that regularly performing Zumba might be a possible complementary treatment
for primary dysmenorrhea.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 10, 2019
Footnotes
The authors indicate no conflicts of interest.
ClinicalTrials.gov registry number NCT03561493.
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© 2019 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Inc.
