The Effect of Exercise on Primary Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea is a painful syndrom e that accompanies the menstrual cycles. although exercise is generally though to alleviate the dysmenorrhea, the scientific literature display mixed evidence. the main objective of this research was to determine the effects of exercise on primary dysmenorrhea. methods: this study was a randomized clinical trial of 150 high school girl students in masged solayman city that suffering from severe dysmenorrhea . students were separated in two exercise and non exercise groups. then the exercise group was given some exercises and the results of the two periods after the exercise were registered. the descriptive statistic s and repeated measure design were used for analyzing the statistical information.results: the results showed that the intensity of the pain in the exercise group declined from 8.59 to 4.63 in the third period and 2.84 in the forth period (p