EFFECT OF KINESIOLOGY TAPING VERSUS DRY NEEDLING ON PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA AMONG COLLEGE GOING GIRLS

U. V. Mahisree Bharathi* MPT and RNV Deepthi MPT

ABSTRACT

Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common and important health problems among girls. It is a common cause of absenteeism and reduced quality of life in women. It badly affects the daily activities and quality of life which lead to depression in many girls. Hence this study aims to reduce the dysmenorrhea and also to compare the effectiveness of kinesiology taping and dry needling in reducing pain for college going girls. 40 subjects are randomly divided into 2 groups of 20 subjects in each group. Group A was given kinesiology taping. Group B was given Dry Needling. Pre test and Post test values was recorded using MOOS MDQ. Data obtained were analysed using SPSS version 22.0. The significant difference between groups was compared using Paired T test. Differences were considered as significant at P<0.005. This study concludes that application of Kinesiology Taping is more effective than Dry Needling in reducing menstural pain among college going girls.

Keywords: Dysmenorrhea, kinesiology taping, dry needling, modified moos menstural distress questionnaire.