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- Title
Efficacy of Traditional Kegels Versus Reverse Kegels on Vaginal Atrophy among Post Menopausal Women.
- Authors
Mohamadi, Aakila; Ramalingam, Vinodhkumar; Nirmala, Jeslin Godwin
- Abstract
Background: Menopause leads to a dramatic drop in ovarian function which lower the oestrogen in the circulating blood may cause atrophy of vaginal epithelium. Traditionally the atrophy of vaginal epithelium was managed by Kegels exercise but not attempted using reverse Kegels exercise. Purpose: This present study attempted the reverse Kegels exercise and compares the effectiveness with traditional Kegels exercise on vaginal atrophy and vaginal pH among postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods: 32 postmenopausal women in the age group between 40 to 60 years with vaginal atrophy were recruited and randomly assigned to one of the two groups: Traditional Kegels group (n=16) and Reverse Kegels group (n=16). The vulvovaginal symptom questionnaire (VSQ) and vaginal pH test kit were used as outcome measures to assess the vulvovaginal symptoms and vaginal pH level before and after the intervention. Results: The t-test analysis was used to analyse the comparison within and between the groups. The p value of the Vulvovaginal symptom questionnaire in post-test values between the groups was 0.0256 (p value < 0.05) which was statistically significant. Conclusion: Based on the outcome measures the participants in the traditional Kegels exercise found to be better in reliving the vulvovaginal symptoms. However, the vaginal pH level in both the groups after intervention does not show any changes.
- Subjects
VAGINAL disease treatment; VAGINAL diseases; KEGEL exercises; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL therapy; EXERCISE physiology; ATROPHY; TRADITIONAL medicine; COMPARATIVE studies; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; T-test (Statistics); POSTMENOPAUSE; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; GENITOURINARY diseases; PELVIC floor; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; MENOPAUSE; EXERCISE therapy; WOMEN'S health; PROBABILITY theory; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, 2024, Vol 18, p294
- ISSN
0973-5674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/r8f49r03