--- title: Does martial arts exercise reduce PMS? | Niyora description: Yes. Female students who did more pencak silat exercise had lower PMS symptoms, but this is based on students who already do martial arts, so we cannot be cer url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-effect-of-pencak-silat-sports-on-premenstrual-syndrome-in-female-students-of-2023/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does martial arts exercise reduce PMS? Study, 2023 # Does martial arts exercise reduce PMS? Yes. Female students who did more pencak silat exercise had lower PMS symptoms, but this is based on students who already do martial arts, so we cannot be certain it causes the improvement. Early or limited evidence 30 female students in a martial arts club at a university in Indonesia ## What they did Researchers measured 30 female students in a martial arts club about how much pencak silat exercise they did and assessed their PMS symptoms using a questionnaire. ## What they found 56.7% of the students did a sufficient amount of pencak silat exercise. 56.7% of students did not have mild PMS symptoms. There was a clear relationship between how much exercise they did and their PMS symptoms. ## What it means for you Doing martial arts exercise may help reduce PMS symptoms. However, this was a very small group of students who already chose to do martial arts, so we do not know if it works for women who do not train or if it works for other types of exercise. The study does not tell us how much exercise is needed or which women benefit most. 30 female students in martial arts club 56.7% did sufficient pencak silat exercise ## About the study Original title THE EFFECT of PENCAK SILAT SPORTS on PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME IN FEMALE STUDENTS of THE PENCAK SILAT STUDENT ACTIVITY UNIT at dr. SOEBANDI UNIVERSITY Authors Herlidian Putri, Ai Nur Zannah Journal Journal for Quality in Women s Health Year 2023 Study design Study What was tested Pencak silat (martial arts) exercise Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.30994/jqwh.v6i2.212](https://doi.org/10.30994/jqwh.v6i2.212) Original abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pencak silat exercise on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in female students of UKM Pencak Silat. This design is correlational analytic with cross sectional method. The population in study were all female members of UKM Pencak Silat University of dr. Soebandi Jember. The sample size in this study was 30. The statistical test is Spearman Rank. There are a large proportion of respondents with sufficient pencak silat sports (56.7%). Most of the respondents (56.7%) did not experience Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) in the mild category. The results of the Spearman rank test obtained p value of 0.000 below the value of α (0.05), which means that Ha is accepted. . There is an influence of pencak silat exercise on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in female students of UKM Pencak Silat University, dr. Soebandi Jember Reproduced under CC-BY-SA. ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Exercise and yoga](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-exercise/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Athletes and sport](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-athletes/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. ## Related studies Cohort study, 2026 Does the menstrual cycle phase affect how much physical activity women do? Survey study, 2025 Does the menstrual cycle affect fitness performance? Survey study, 2021 Does regular exercise reduce the severity of premenstrual syndrome in teenage girls? Survey study, 2021 Does managing stress, emotions, diet, exercise and sleep help PMS in female athletes? Survey study, 2015 Does regular running reduce PMS symptoms? Non-randomised trial, 2013 Does 8 weeks of aerobic exercise reduce PMS symptoms? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗