Can simple exercises ease period pain? new study tests two Drug-Free methods
NCT ID NCT07525102
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared progressive relaxation exercises (tensing and relaxing muscles while breathing) with isometric exercises (holding muscle contractions) for managing period pain. Sixty women with moderate to severe primary dysmenorrhea took part. Researchers measured pain, other symptoms, and quality of life before and after the exercises to see which approach worked better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- progressive relaxation exercises and isometric exercises
- What this could lead to
- If effective, these simple exercises could offer drug-free options for managing period pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with no blinding, so results may be less reliable. Benefits may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 25 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The regularity of the menstrual cycle is 28 to 34 days. * All of them suffer from moderate and severe dysmenorrhea pain on visual analogue scale. * Their BMI will be less than 30 kg\\m2. Exclusion Criteria: * Any pathological findings in the pelvic cavity as polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease. * Any history of gynecological intervention. * Secondary dysmenorrhea. * Irregular menstruation
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Physical therapy
Giza, Dokki, 12611, Egypt
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