Survey study, 2021
Does taping therapy reduce period pain and PMS symptoms?
Taping helped reduce period pain severity, but it did not clearly reduce other PMS symptoms or menstrual distress. The study was small with only 25 women in each group.
What they did
Researchers divided 50 university students with moderate to severe period pain and mild to moderate PMS into two groups. One group of 25 used tape on their skin. The other group of 25 received a free training class but no tape. Researchers measured pain and PMS symptoms using questionnaires before and after.
What they found
Taping reduced the severity of period pain. However, there was no clear difference between the two groups in overall PMS symptoms or menstrual distress, except for period pain severity itself.
What it means for you
Taping may help with period pain but may not help other PMS symptoms. The main limits are the small number of participants and that the control group received an educational class, which may have affected results.
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About the study
- Original title
- Effect of Taping Therapy on Primary Dysmenorrhea Severity and Premenstrual Syndrome in University Students
- Authors
- Soheila Rabiepour, Seyran Khezri
- Journal
- Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences
- Year
- 2021
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 25
- What was tested
- Taping therapy applied to the skin
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.52547/sjku.26.6.124
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