Systematic review, 2020
Does exercise help reduce premenstrual syndrome?
This paper is a plan for a future study, not completed research. Current guidelines recommend exercise as a first-line PMS treatment, but existing evidence remains inconclusive.
What they did
This paper outlines a plan for a future systematic review and meta-analysis. It has not yet analyzed studies. The planned review will search multiple databases for studies testing exercise interventions in women with PMS living in low and middle-income countries.
What they found
This is a protocol paper describing methodology only. No research results are available yet.
What it means for you
Researchers plan to study whether exercise helps PMS in women from low and middle-income countries where PMS is common. Published guidelines already recommend exercise as a first-line treatment for PMS despite inconclusive evidence. Results from this planned review are not yet available.
Yes
Guidelines recommend exercise
Inconclusive
Current evidence status
CRD42020163377
Protocol registration number
About the study
- Original title
- Effect of exercise on symptoms of premenstrual syndrome in low and middle-income countries: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
- Authors
- Pokharel P, Rana J, Moutchia J et al.
- Journal
- BMJ open
- Year
- 2020
- Study design
- Systematic review
- What was tested
- Exercise-based interventions (planned review)
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039274
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