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.
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
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
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