Efficacy of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field in Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea

Aims: To investigate the effect of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) in treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. Study design: Experimenal. Place and Duration of study: Faculty of Physical Therapy Kafrelsheikh University, between December 2013 to March 2014. Methodology: Thirty volunteers girl suffer from primary dysmenorrhea, their ages ranged from 17-25 years, they were received PMF one hour in first day of menstruation. All women were evaluated before and after the end of the treatment program using present pain intensity scale for pain assessment, blood sample for assessment of prostaglandin level in blood and menstrual symptom questionnaire for assess the physical and psychological symptoms that associated with dysmenorrhea. Results: The obtained results showed highly statistically significant decrease in menstrual pain intensity,(p<0.0001), and highly statistically significant decrease in prostaglandin level in blood,(p<0.0001), and improvement in physical and psychological symptoms that associated with dysmenorrhea, (p<0.0001) after treatment program Conclusion: PEMF appears to be effective in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.