International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Authors
Dr. Anuja Bankar, Dr. Mahendra Shende, Dr. Sucheta Golhar

Abstract
Objective: Objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of Aerobic exercise and Yoga intervention on symptoms of premenstrual syndrome in healthy young females over the period of 12 weeks. Subjects and methods: The study included healthy young females between age 18-25 with premenstrual syndrome. Total 40 females were included. The samples were selected based on ACOG (American college of Gynaecology) criteria for premenstrual syndrome. Two groups of 20 females were formed by convenient sampling method. Group 1 performed yogic exercises and group 2 performed aerobic exercises for the period of 12 weeks for three days per week, along with mild stretching of extremities as warm-up and cool down exercise. A Menstrual symptom questionnaire was distributed to both the groups prior and post interventions to fill up in order to record the difference in severity of the symptoms before interventions. Result: The pre and post mean scores of Yoga group were 166.05 and 160.85 and 166.42 and 129 for Aerobic exercise. There was significant difference in pre and post scores on menstrual symptom questionnaire for Aerobic exercise group. Conclusion: Our study conducted for 12 weeks showed that, on comparing Group 1 (Yoga) and Group 2 (Aerobic exercise) statistically, aerobic exercises were found more effective in reducing the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome than Yoga, assessed by menstrual symptom questionnaire (MSQ)