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Pradeep Balakrishnan*1, Syazwani Binti Md Ali2, Vinodhkumar Ramalingam3, Balaji Sivapiragasam4

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1,4Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cyberjaya, Malaysia 2Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 3School of Health Sciences, KPJ University, Malaysia

Corresponding Author:                               
1*Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cyberjaya, Malaysia,  Mail id:  bpradeep@cyberjaya.edu.my
Background: Dysmenorrhea divides into two type’s primary dysmenorrhea (PD) and secondary dysmenorrhea (SD). Dysmenorrhea with absence of pelvic abnormality is termed primary dysmenorrhea (PD) and is likely experience among young women population aged between 15 to 25 years. Despite the effectiveness of the exercise on managing PD, the immediate result of the intervention towards pain was not signified. The studyaimed to evaluate the immediate effect of Brisk Walking (BW) with or without Music Therapy (MT) in reducing menstrual pain among youth with primary dysmenorrhea.

Material and methods: This experimental study involving 102 female subjects with primary dysmenorrhea aged between 18 to 25 years were divided into two equal groups: a Brisk Walking group (n=51), and Brisk Walking with Music Therapy group (n=51). The menstrual pain was assessed using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for pre and post-test taken within 2 menstrual cycle period. The Maximum Heart Rate of each subject were calculated prior Brisk Walking and exercise was conducted within 60 -70% of the individual’s Maximum Heart Rate for 20 minutes. The Music Therapy was completed in their home with music provided by researcher for 20 minutes duration.

Results: The data was assessed using the Paired T-test and Independent T-test. The result within the group showed significant value with p<0.05 in both groups. Comparison between groups also showed significant difference p<0.05.

Conclusion: A greater improvement was seen in the Brisk Walking with Music Therapy intervention group in managing primary dysmenorrhea. In specific, it is also proven that both study groups, Brisk Walking and Brisk Walking with Music Therapy promote pain reduction.  

Keywords:  Dysmenorrhea, Menstrual Pain, Exercise, Aerobics, Brisk walking, Music therapy

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