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Exercise for dysmenorrhoea

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, September 2019
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Title
Exercise for dysmenorrhoea
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, September 2019
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd004142.pub2
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Mike Armour, Carolyn C Ee, Dhevaksha Naidoo, Zahra Ayati, K Jane Chalmers, Kylie A Steel, Michael J de Manincor, Elahe Delshad, Brown, Julie, Brown, Stephen

Abstract

Dysmenorrhoea is characterised by cramping lower abdominal pain that may radiate to the lower back and upper thighs and is commonly associated with nausea, headache, fatigue and diarrhoea. Physical exercise has been suggested as a non-medical approach to the management of these symptoms. To assess the evidence for the effectiveness of exercise in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea. A search was conducted using the methodology of the Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group (August 2009). CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library), MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED and PsycINFO electronic databases were searched. Handsearching of relevant bibliographies and reference lists was also conducted. Randomised controlled trials comparing exercise with a control or no intervention in women with dysmenorrhoea. Trials were independently selected and data extracted by two review authors. Four potential trials were identified of which one was included in the review. The available data could only be included as a narrative description. There appeared to be some evidence from the trial that exercise reduced the Moos' Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) score during the menstrual phase (P < 0.05) and resulted in a sustained decrease in symptoms over the three observed cycles (P < 0.05). The results of this review are limited to a single randomised trial of limited quality and with a small sample size. The data should be interpreted with caution and further research is required to investigate the hypothesis that exercise reduces the symptoms associated with dysmenorrhoea.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 3 5%
Ireland 1 2%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Unknown 53 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 14%
Researcher 7 12%
Student > Postgraduate 7 12%
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 9%
Other 12 21%
Unknown 12 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 52%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Psychology 2 3%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 13 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2022.
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#1,155,092
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Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#2,521
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#25,397
of 346,818 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#35
of 176 outputs
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