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Abstract
The positive effects of exercise on several physiological and
psychosocial functions are well documented,but until recently,little
research or attention has focused on effect of exercise on female
sexual function.
The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of exercise on
female sexual.
The study was conducted on 160 married women. They were
divided into 2 groups; group I (exercise group): Included 80 (50%)
women practicing exercise, group II (non-exercise group): Included
80 (50%) women not practicing exercise.
In this study, we used 2 forms of a self-report questionnaire
designed by the investigators and translated into Arabic. In the first
form (for the exercise group) the questionnaire consisted of 19
questions that covered different aspects of exercise and female
sexuality in women practicing exercise. In the second form (for the
non-exercise group) the questionnaire consisted of 12 questions that
covered different aspects of female sexuality in women not practicing
exercise.
The results of this study showed that:
There were no significant differences between cases and
controls regarding their age, weight, height, and presence of
chronic diseases.
Regarding type of exercise most participants (62.5%) go to
gym. Most participants (66.2%) exercise at the rate of 3-4 times
/ week. Duration of exercise was about 30 minutes in most of
them (72.5%). Most participants (97.5%) do not take protein
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supplements. Most participants (61.3%) found improvement in
sexual activity after exercise.
There was significant difference between the studied groups
regarding frequency of intercourse, spontaneous desire,
lubrication, maintaining lubrication and reaching orgasm, it was
significantly higher in exercise group. Pain during sexual
intercourse was significantly lower in exercise group.
Satisfaction was significantly higher in exercise group.
There was a statistically significant relation between age of the
woman and coital frequency, reaching orgasm, desire,
lubrication and pain during sexual intercourse and also between
age of woman.
There was significant relation between improvement of sexual
activity and type of exercise, most of women went to gym
reported improvement in their sexual activity.