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KMID : 1035420200080020075
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2020 Volume.8 No. 2 p.75 ~ p.88
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Effects of pilates stabilization exercise on abdominal muscsles contraction, lumbopelvic alignment, dysmenorrhea
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Kim Moon-Jeong
Moon Hyun-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose: Dysmenorrhea can be caused by misalignment of the pelvis. Since pilates stabilization exercise is a methods that affects pelvic alignment by inducing contraction of abdominal muscles, the purpose of this study is to determine whether dysmenorrhea is reduced when pilates stabilization exercise is applied.
Methods: 47 dysmenorrhea patients were randomly divided into interventional(n=23) and control(n=24) groups. The intervention group performed Pilates stabilization exercise three times a week for 12 weeks, and the control group did not perform any intervention. Abdominal muscle thickness, lumbar pelvic alignment, and dysmenorrhea were measured before intervention, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks after intervention to determine the mean change over time and the effect of group and factor interactions(repeated measured ANOVA and contrast test for each period).
Results: In the intervention group, the thickness of the transverse abdominis, internal oblique, and external oblique muscles were increased significantly by group and period (p <.05). The pelvic torsion, lordosis and dysmenorrhea were also significantly decreased by group and period. But the control group did not change significantly in any of the variables.
Conclusion: Applying pilates stabilization exercise to women with dysmenorrhea may be an effective intervention that contributes to relieving dysmenorrhea by correcting the stability and alignment of the lumbar pelvis.
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KEYWORD
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pilates stabilization exercise, abdominal muscles, lumbopelvic alignment, dysmenorrhea
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