Impact of pilates training versus progressive muscle relaxation technique on quality of life in menopausal women- a comparative study

Anjali Bais, Om C. Wadhokar, Sakshi P. Arora, Waqar M. Naqvi, Pratik Phansopkar*

Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Menopausal women shows common symptoms which includes night sweats and hot flushes, heart distress, disturbances in sleep, depression, irritability, anxiousness, weight changes, physical and mental fatigue, joint and muscle pain. This affects the Quality Of Life of the Menopausal women. Pilates Training has proven beneficial for enhancing QOL in menopausal women but there is paucity of evidence of effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique in Menopausal women on QOL. The research is an initiative study that focuses on the effectiveness of PMRT on the various aspects of Quality Of Life of the menopausal women and comparison of the Pilates training and PMRT in order to enhance the QOL of participants. Effect of Pilates training & Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on menopausal women’s QOL and comparison of both the technique. Methods: 42 participants aged >45 years will be randomly categorized in two groups: Group A (n= 21) and Group B (n=21). The study duration will be of 6 months. The pre and post Intervention will be taken from both the group and data will be analyzed with the help of main outcome measure which is Menopause specific Quality Of Life. Subject showed significant improvement in physical and psychosocial domain of MENQOL followed by both the intervention and Pilates Training has been seen more effective than PMRT. The study concluded that both the Pilates and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy helped in improving the patients QOL.

Keywords:

Menopausal women, Quality Of Life, Pilates, Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique