A retrospective study into dysmenorrhoea and its physical associations in patients presenting at the British School of Osteopathy.
Item
- Title
- A retrospective study into dysmenorrhoea and its physical associations in patients presenting at the British School of Osteopathy.
- Author(s)
- Etchell Saroja
- Abstract
- Dysmenorrhoea is a condition suffered by many women. All available treatment for it serves to alleviate the symptoms with no reference to removing the underlying cause. The aim of this research was to investigate dysmenorrhoea and its physical associations. If there were any associations it may give osteopaths an avenue for intervention. A sample of 500 patients was extracted from those who presented at the British School of Osteopathy with low back pain during 1998. Their cases were reviewed and their presenting symptoms, the presence or absence of dysmenorrhoea, whether or not they had had children, whether or not the pelvis was level and the diagnosis was noted. The X 2 test was used to test the data. An association was found between dysmenorrhoea and diagnosis, dysmenorrhoea and pelvic levels and dysmenorrhoea and groin pain. No association was found between dysmenorrhoea and having had children or dysmenorrhoea and number of areas of pain reported by each patient. It was decided that, despite these findings, no conclusions can be drawn because of uncertainties over the quality of the data recorded on the case histories. Instead of using past case histories, it would have been more useful to have requested specific information from new patients.
- Abstract
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 1999
- Date Submitted
- 11.8.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12238
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Pelvic Inflammation,Abdominal Pain,Menstruation,Period Pain,Dysmenorrhoea
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Etchell Saroja, “A retrospective study into dysmenorrhoea and its physical associations in patients presenting at the British School of Osteopathy.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 29, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2229