Survey study, 2024
Do women with PMS have worse balance, reaction time, and coordination than women without PMS?
Yes, women with PMS showed significantly worse proprioception, reaction time, and coordination in all directions tested (all p<0.05).
What they did
Cross-sectional study comparing balance, reaction time, and coordination between 998 women aged 18-40 with and without PMS using specialized balance and coordination tests.
What they found
Significant differences appeared in all measures (p<0.05). Women with PMS had worse proprioception in front, back, right, and left directions, slower reaction times in all directions, and worse coordination in both legs compared to women without PMS.
What it means for you
Women with PMS may have problems with balance and coordination that could affect daily activities, but this is just an association. We cannot tell if PMS causes these problems or if something else connects them.
998
Total women studied
18-40
Age range in years
p<0.05
Significance for all measures
About the study
- Original title
- Unveiling the menstrual mind: Exploring proprioceptive proficiency, reaction responsiveness, and motor mastery in premenstrual syndrome versus Non-PMS cohorts: A two-arm parallel non-blinded cross-sectional study
- Authors
- Anshu Rajnish Sharma, Simranjeet Kaur, Parveen Kumar et al.
- Journal
- Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 998
- What was tested
- None, observational comparison study
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101782
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