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@article{173616,
        author = {Swaranjali Mahesh Swami and Dr.Akanksha Anand},
        title = {EFFECTIVENESS OF CALISTHENICS AND YOGA FOR PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA IN YOUNG FEMALE.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {10},
        pages = {974-988},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=173616},
        abstract = {Background: The study aimed to find Effectiveness of calisthenics and yoga for primary dysmenorrhea in young females with age group 18-25 years. Dysmenorrhea is one common gynaecological problem affecting young teenage girls. There is no underlying pelvic discomfort, primary dysmenorrhea is characterised by recurrent painful menstruation. The pain starts a few hours before or right before the menstrual cycle starts. The intensity of discomfort rarely lasts more than 48 hours, usually lasting a few hours. Yoga and calisthenics have certain proved that, they are effective in primary dysmenorrhea, but the comparison of both not done, so to find out the better choice of treatment we conduct this study. Methods: This experimental study was conducted in engineering college Kolhapur city. Around 100 subjects were approached and 81 who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Using a simple random technique. Group (A) subject were asked to do warm up before yoga and and cool down for 3times a week 30-45 minutes for 8 weeks and group (B) were asked to do warm up before calisthenics exercises and cool down for 3times a week 30-45minutes for 8 weeks. Using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and WaLIDD Score, the pain intensity of each group was assessed before and after two post-tests.  Data was analysed by using MS excel software. Results and Conclusion: This study concluded that, yoga and calisthenics exercises are both useful for reducing the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea; however, yoga demonstrated comparatively more effective in reducing these symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea.},
        keywords = {Dysmenorrhea, primary dysmenorrhea, yoga, calisthenics exercises.},
        month = {March},
        }