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The effect of abdominal massage and stretching exercise on pain and dysmenorrhea symptoms in female university students: A single-blind randomized-controlled clinical trial.

Health care for women international
May 1, 2023
Nazan Ozturk et al. (3 authors)
Randomized Controlled TrialJournal ArticleHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to determine the effect of abdominal massage and stretching exercises on pain severity, dysmenorrhea symptoms, and menstrual blood loss in university students.

Results Summary

The abstract indicates findings but is incomplete; it suggests that the massage and exercise groups showed some effect compared to the control group, but full results are not provided.

Population

University students

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (6)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
abdominal massage
neutral
severity of pain
university students
-
determine the effect
#1
abdominal massage
neutral
dysmenorrhea symptoms
university students
-
determine the effect
#2
abdominal massage
neutral
menstrual blood lost
university students
-
determine the effect
#3
stretching exercises
neutral
severity of pain
university students
-
determine the effect
#4
stretching exercises
neutral
dysmenorrhea symptoms
university students
-
determine the effect
#5
stretching exercises
neutral
menstrual blood lost
university students
-
determine the effect
#6
Abstract

In this study the researchers aimed to determine the effect of abdominal massage and stretching exercises on the severity of pain, dysmenorrhea symptoms and menstrual blood lost in university students. In this single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial 63 university students were included. Participants were randomly assigned into massage group, exercise and control groups. Our findings showed that the 2

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
FemaleHumansDysmenorrheaSingle-Blind MethodUniversitiesPain MeasurementAbdominal PainMassageBack PainTreatment Outcome
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy70/10
Quality75/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations5
Citations/Year2.5
Relative Citation Ratio2.61
NIH Percentile81.9%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.50
Weight Score2.58
Normalized Score0.63
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