Dysmenorrhea
Conditions
Keywords
Dysmenorrhea, kinesio tape
Brief summary
Dysmenorrhea is a common symptom in daily practice of gynecology. Different kind of treatment strategies are being held. But invasive and pharmacological therapies have good outcome with systemic side effects. Kinesio taping is being widely used in different pain conditions. Kinesio taping is a noninvasive and nonpharmacological, easy-to-use intervention method which can be used in outpatient practice without systemic side effects.
Detailed description
Dysmenorrhea is a kind of visceral pain that result of peritoneal irritation. It is so common in gynecological outpatient practice. Most of treatment is based pharmacological treatments as NSAIDs, oral contraceptives with many side effects. Kinesio taping is widely used for musculoskeletal parenchymal pain like sports related injuries. As in other complementary treatment methods like acupuncture and acupressure; pain carrying unmyelinated thin pain fibers are blocked by touch sensation carrying myelinated thick fibers which is stimulated by acupressure(gate control theory by Melzack), kinesio taping blocks the pain fibers that comes from same spinal level. So it can be used easily and instantly for dismenore
Interventions
OTHERKinesio taping
Patients will be taped for four days , ıt will start at the begining of the Dysmenorrhea
DRUGNSAID's
twice a daily
Sponsors
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Dysmenorrhea
Exclusion criteria
* pregnancy * surgical abdominal emergency * metabolic or inflammatory illnesses or cardiovascular diseases, * endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, androgen excess (hyperprolactinemia, uncontrolled thyroid disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing's syndrome, androgen-secreting tumor), * smokers * using pharmaceutical agents such as anti-inflammatory agents that could possibly impact on endocrine and liver enzymes * musculoskeletal pain * inguinal hernia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual analog scale | 0- 4th day | At the begining of the Dysmenorrhea before taping we will measure the VAS level (pretreatment)and 4 days after taping we will measure the second VAS level (after treatment) |
Contacts
Primary ContactMustafa Öztürk, M.D.
Outcome results
None listed