جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « دوره قاعدگی » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Body fitness is very important in prevention of many chronic diseases. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of disorders that many women suffer from during reproductive years. This study tried to assess anthropometric indices and some lifestyle factors in students with PMS symptoms and compared them with healthy counterparts.
Subjects and Eighty six students at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences participated in this study, PMS was determined by diagnostic criteria of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and accordingly students were divided in two groups, healthy and affected by PMS. General information, physical activity and intake of different food groups were determined by related questionnaires and anthropometric indices were measured in both groups. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 17.0.
The first degree relatives of students with PMS symptoms were also significantly suffered from PMS. Weight and hip circumference were significantly lower in students with PMS symptoms (P=0.041 and P=0.022 respectively). In all participants, significant negative relationship between waist to hip ratio and menstrual cycle (P=0.002, r=-0.33) was observed.
Both underweight and overweight are factors affecting on general health, so considering the findings, an appropriate weight maintenance and body fitness were recommended to reduce PMS symptoms.

Menstrual low back pain (LBP) in young females may reduce daily activity and cause functional disability that may highlight the importance of suitable treatment to reduce pain and disability. Regarding the progresive application of kinesiotaping (KT) in pain reduction and functional corrections, this study has been designed to investigate the efficiency of the lumbar vertebral column KT in young female students with menstrual LBP. 32 young female student with menstrual LBP participated in this two way crossover studies and divided randomly in two experimental groups. While the first group received KT during their first menstrual cycle and spent their next menstrual cycle without KT, the other group spent their first mentrual cycle without KT and received KT during their next menstrual cycle. At the end of the third day of menstrual cycle, all subjetcs comleted Oswestry disability index and McGill pain questionnaire with VAS of pain. Comparing the pain and disability between two conditions of using and not using KT during mense, showed that using KT significantly reduced pain (P=0.005) and functional disability (P<0.0001). Our results showed that KT may effectively reduce pain and functional disability. These findings may support the clinical application of kinesiotaping in young females with menstrual LBP

Calcium and magnesium deficiency have been mentioned as a risk factors for increasing amount of menstrual bleeding with dysmenorrhea. Given that no study was found in this field، the aim of this study was aimed determining the effect of calcium with and without magnesium on amount and duration of menstrual bleeding. This double blind randomized controlled trial was carried out on 63 students with moderate or severe dysmenorrhea in Tabriz، Iran in 2012. Participants were divided into three groups: receiving tablets of calcium، calcium combined magnesium and placebo. Amount and duration of menstrual bleeding was assessed during two months before and two months after starting intervention using the Higham chart. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 13، Kolmogorov-Smirnov، Levene، One Way ANOVA، ANCOVA، paired t-test. P value less than 0. 05 was considered significant. The calcium-magnesium group compared to placebo had significantly lower amount of menstrual bleeding (p=0. 009) and shorter duration of menstrual bleeding (p=0. 006). In the calcium group compared to placebo group، there was no statistically significant difference on the mean amount of menstrual bleeding (p=0. 029)، but duration of bleeding was significantly less in the calcium group (p=0. 017). The combination of calcium and magnesium is beneficial in reducing the amount and duration of menstrual bleeding in women with primary dysmenorrhea. This study could not show significant effect of calcium only، on amount of menstrual bleeding.

Introduction & Women during their lifetime experience a variety of physiological changes that can affect their physiological capacity to perform exercise and induce reduction in achieving the benefits of training. So، finding the best time to perform maximum physical performance is essential. Sports drink consumption can also help to enhance athletic performance. The purpose of this study is to determine the best time to perform the maximum physical performance and the effect of sports drink on exercise capacity in active young women. 22 female students with at least 2 years experience in regular aerobic exercise، voluntarily participated in this clinical trial study and were randomly divided into control group (no supplement) and intervention group (drinking sports drink). The physical performance was evaluated in two periods of early and late follicular phases. The data was analyzed by statistical tests and spss16 software. In the early follicular phase compared with the late follicular phase، Vo2max significantly decreased in the control group (P=0. 02)، There was a significant difference between the two groups in the Vo2max during the early follicular phase (P=0. 03). Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were not significantly different between the groups and different phases (P>0. 05). Contrary to the intervention group، the first and third minute recovery heart rates in the control group significantly increased in the early follicular phase compared with the late follicular phase (Respectively، P= 0. 016،P=0. 043)، and compared with the intervention group، the first and third minute recovery heart rates significantly increased during the early follicular phase (Respectively، P= 0. 021، P=0. 025). Recovery systolic and diastolic blood pressure were not statistically significant between the two groups، and each group in different phases (P>0. 05). Late follicular phase compared to the early follicular phase is the most appropriate time to perform exercise. Sports drink consumption containing 6% carbohydrate during early follicular phase can also improve the physical performance. (Sci J Hamadan Univ Med Sci 2014; 20 (4): 280-287)

The rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tearing is more common in female athletes and one of thereasons is the effect of sex hormones. It was illustrated that knee joint position sense (JPS) isaltered across the menstrual cycle and its lowest level is at menses. Therefore، it’s important to find a method to reduce injury risk at menses. Thus، the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of taping as a stimulator of skin، on the knee JPS in healthy female athletes across the menstrual cycle with different levels of estrogen and progesterone. In this semi-experimental study، 16 healthy female athletes with regular menstrual cycle voluntarily participated. Knee JPS was measured at 3 menstrual cycle phases، before and after patellataping. JPS was evaluated by reproduction of the target angle (30° flexion) in standing position، from full extension. Serum estrogen and progesterone levels were collected in these 3 phases. Knee angles were measured by using a system comprised of skin markers، digital photography، and autoCAD software. Absolute error was considered as a dependent variable. There was a significant difference between the knee JPS in 3 phases of measurement before taping (P=0. 025)، while no significant difference was found between knee JPS in 3 phases after taping (P=0. 965). Findings of this study suggest that healthy female athletes have different levels of knee JPS across a menstrual cycle and its accuracy decreasesat menses. This differencecan be reduced by skin stimulatingmethods، such as taping. Therefore، kinesio taping would improve the knee JPSdeficiency at menses.