Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dysmenorrhea is a word derived from the Greek language and means difficult menstrual cycle. It may be classified as primary, leading to poorer quality of life indices of several women. This study aimed at investigating, by means of literature review, the efficacy and accura...
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| author | Laís Rodrigues Gerzson Juliana Falcão Padilha Melissa Medeiros Braz Andriele Gasparetto |
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| description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dysmenorrhea is a word derived from the Greek language and means difficult menstrual cycle. It may be classified as primary, leading to poorer quality of life indices of several women. This study aimed at investigating, by means of literature review, the efficacy and accuracy of existing therapies for primary dysmenorrhea, specifically in Physiotherapy.CONTENTS:Narrative literature review by querying electronic databases Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Cochrane library, PEDro and Pubmed), where articles were selected and analyzed from August 2013 to February 2014. For data collection, materials from 2005 to current literature were included using the following keywords: “dysmenorrhea”, “physiotherapy” and their Portuguese equivalent “dismenorreia” and “fisioterapia”, combining them with the operators AND and OR.CONCLUSION:Studies were found describing the use of thermotherapy, cryotherapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and connective tissue massage, Pilates and acupuncture with improvement of such women's symptoms. However, it is clear the need for studies regarding physiotherapeutic maneuvers with further methodological rigor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ffe575d91f847f4b2d5bdc5731aa3232022-12-22T01:49:56ZengSociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da DorRevista Dor1806-00132317-639315429029510.5935/1806-0013.20140063S1806-00132014000400290Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature reviewLaís Rodrigues GerzsonJuliana Falcão PadilhaMelissa Medeiros BrazAndriele GasparettoBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dysmenorrhea is a word derived from the Greek language and means difficult menstrual cycle. It may be classified as primary, leading to poorer quality of life indices of several women. This study aimed at investigating, by means of literature review, the efficacy and accuracy of existing therapies for primary dysmenorrhea, specifically in Physiotherapy.CONTENTS:Narrative literature review by querying electronic databases Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Cochrane library, PEDro and Pubmed), where articles were selected and analyzed from August 2013 to February 2014. For data collection, materials from 2005 to current literature were included using the following keywords: “dysmenorrhea”, “physiotherapy” and their Portuguese equivalent “dismenorreia” and “fisioterapia”, combining them with the operators AND and OR.CONCLUSION:Studies were found describing the use of thermotherapy, cryotherapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and connective tissue massage, Pilates and acupuncture with improvement of such women's symptoms. However, it is clear the need for studies regarding physiotherapeutic maneuvers with further methodological rigor.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132014000400290&lng=en&tlng=endysmenorrheaphysiotherapywoman's health |
| spellingShingle | Laís Rodrigues Gerzson Juliana Falcão Padilha Melissa Medeiros Braz Andriele Gasparetto Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review Revista Dor dysmenorrhea physiotherapy woman's health |
| title | Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review |
| title_full | Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review |
| title_fullStr | Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review |
| title_short | Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review |
| title_sort | physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea literature review |
| topic | dysmenorrhea physiotherapy woman's health |
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