2024, Vol. 11, Issue 2, Part E

Background: Up to eighty percent of females experience at least one premenstrual symptoms during their menstrual cycle. Females with PMS report a poorer perceived work related quality of life in their professional lives and health quality of life and PMS may result in depressed mood and greater psychiatric comorbidity. Premenstrual symptoms are characterized by emotional, behavioural and physical symptoms that occur during late luteal phase of menstrual cycles and relieved after the onset of menstruation. Aerobic exercises and core stability exercises are ways to reduce the symptoms.

AIM: To study the Effect of aerobic exercises along with core stability exercises on premenstrual symptoms in college going girls.

Methodology: This study consist of 80 females participants with premenstrual syndrome age between 18 to 25 years. They were screened by minimal investigation and 80 participants were selected based on the premenstrual syndrome scale. In this study participants were divides into two groups, group A and group B. The group a received aerobic exercises and group B received aerobic along with core stability exercises. One group was treated with aerobic exercises four times a week and other was given aerobic along with core stability exercises twice a day for thrice in a week with duration of 6 weeks

Results: Data were analysed by paired-unpaired t test by using software instant. Analysis of premenstrual syndrome scale and VAS scale shows statistically significant differences however results shows both groups are effective in reducing the symptoms but combined effect of aerobic along with core stability exercises shows significant improvement in terms of reducing physical symptoms.

Conclusion: The study showed that all two groups experienced significant reductions in PMS symptoms after 6 weeks of program. However result shoed that combined effect of aerobic along with core stability exercises showed significant improvement in reducing the symptoms.