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title: Does progressive muscle relaxation reduce PMS symptoms? | Niyora
description: Yes. Girls who did progressive muscle relaxation had a clear reduction in PMS symptoms compared to girls who did not. Their average severity score dropped fro
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Non-randomised trial, 2016

# Does progressive muscle relaxation reduce PMS symptoms?

Yes. Girls who did progressive muscle relaxation had a clear reduction in PMS symptoms compared to girls who did not. Their average severity score dropped from 114.13 to 97.67.

 Moderate study design

30 teenage girls (15 intervention, 15 control) at an Islamic boarding school in Purwokerto, Indonesia

## What they did

30 teenage girls at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia were randomly split into two groups of 15 each. One group received progressive muscle relaxation sessions while the other group did not. PMS severity was measured before and after.

## What they found

Girls in the relaxation group had their average PMS severity score drop from 114.13 to 97.67. Girls in the control group (who did not receive relaxation) did not show the same improvement.

## What it means for you

Progressive muscle relaxation may help reduce PMS symptoms in teenagers. The study is small and from one school in Indonesia, so results may not apply widely. It is unclear how long the relaxation sessions lasted or whether improvements continued after the study ended.

30

girls total

114.13

average severity score before

97.67

average severity score after

## About the study

Original title PENGARUH RELAKSASI OTOT PROGRESIF TERHADAP PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS) PADA REMAJA PUTRI PONDOK PESANTREN FATHUL HUDA KEBONDALEM PURWOKERTO Authors Rahmawati Rahmawati, Roro Setyawati Journal Jurnal Penelitian Bimbingan dan Konseling Year 2016 Study design Non-randomised trial What was tested Progressive muscle relaxation sessions Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.30870/jpbk.v1i1.1896](https://doi.org/10.30870/jpbk.v1i1.1896)

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