Effect of swimming exercise on premenstrual syndrome

Autor: Heba Wagih, Amr Abbassy, Heba Elsawah, Hend R. S. Sakr, Amal Kotb, Ahmed M. Maged, Asmaa I. Ogila
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 297:951-959
ISSN: 1432-0711
0932-0067
Popis: To study the effectiveness of performing swimming on the severity of symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). A randomized controlled trial that was conducted on 70 women diagnosed with PMS divided randomly into two equal groups: Group I included women who engaged into exercise and group II controls. Daily Symptoms Report was filled at the start and at end of the study. At the posttreatment evaluation, there was a highly significant difference between the study and control groups regarding anxiety (0 vs. 5), depression (3 vs. 12), tension (3 vs. 12), mood changes (0 vs. 7), feeling out of control (0 vs. 7), weak coordination (0 vs. 10), confusion (2 vs. 9), headache (3 vs. 15), tiredness (4 vs. 12), pains (5 vs. 11), tenderness of the breast (2 vs. 8), and cramps (6 vs. 17) (P
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