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THE DYSMENORRHEA EFFECT OF ARCHERS PERFORMANCE 

ON ARCHERY SPORTS  
 

Fatah Nurdin1, Yuliasih1, Sudrajat Wiradihardja1 
 

1 Ilmu Keolahragaan, Fakultas Ilmu Keolahragaan Universitas Negeri Jakarta,  

Jl. Pemuda No.10 Rawamangun, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia 13220  

 

Coresponding author. Email: Bintek03@yahoo.com 

 

 

Abstract This study aims to determine the impact of dysmenorrhea on archers' performance in archery at 

UNJ, the factors that influence dysmenorrhea and the prevention and treatment of dysmenorrhea. The 

research method used is a descriptive method with a survey technique, namely analyzing the impact of 

dysmenorrhea on the performance of archers in the archery sport of UNJ. The research was conducted in 

the archery field of FIK UNJ in August 2021. The population is female archers at the UNJ archery club, 

totaling 50 people. The sampling technique uses quota sampling, namely the technique of determining 

samples from the population that have certain characteristics up to the number (quota) What is desired 

with this research sample is female archery athletes who have experienced puberty or menstruation and 

have practiced archery for at least six months with a sample of 20 people. The results of this study are that 

there is no significant difference in the results of archery when experiencing dysmenorrhea or when not 

experiencing dysmenorrhea. Thus, the condition of dysmenorrhea did not affect the scores of archery 

athletes at UNJ. 

 

Keywords: dysmenorrhea, archery,performance. 

 

INTRODUCTION 

Women's health is an important 

and endless topic to discuss. The level 

of women's health reflects the level of 

health services in a country, if the 

maternal mortality rate is still high, it 

means that the level of health services is 

not good, so anything related to 

women's health is always a cycle of 

endless discussion, one of which is 

menstruation in woman. (Wiknjosastro, 

Hanifa, 2007). 

In archery, especially in 

Indonesia, there are many female 

athletes from children to adults, even 

archery is not just a sport, but also a 

means of worship for Muslims because 

archery is a sunnah sport. Archery 

requires a subtle touch of the soul, 

patience, tenacity, concentration and 

high mental endurance and has a high 

level of anxiety. (Ramdan & Nadya, 

2017). If the archery athlete is not calm, 

it will cause the exercise pulse to 

increase due to high anxiety levels and 

will have an effect on reduced 

concentration so that in shooting 

arrows, the arrows shot will not match 

the target desired by the athlete. 

Menstruation usually begins at 

the age of 9-12 years. there are some 

women who experience menstruation 

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later than that (13-15 years). The 

condition of adolescents who have 

experienced menstruation is 

emotionally unstable. Some can also 

cause symptoms such as soreness in the 

thighs, pain in the breast area, fatigue, 

irritability, loss of balance, carelessness 

and sleep disturbances, even some 

women experience pain during 

menstruation which is called 

dysmenorrhea. (Wiknjosastro, Hanifa, 

2007).  

Dysmenorrhea is a medical 

condition that occurs during 

menstruation or menstruation that can 

interfere with activities and require 

treatment. Dysmenorrhea is 

characterized by pain or tenderness in 

the abdomen or hips, menstrual pain 

that is crampy and centered in the lower 

abdomen. Cramping pain that is felt 

before or during menstruation can also 

be pain in the buttocks. Pain in the 

stomach, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, 

dizziness or even fainting. 

The incidence of menstrual pain 

in the world is very large. On average, 

more than 50% of women in every 

country experience menstrual pain. The 

percentage in America is around 60% 

and in Sweden it is around 72%. While 

in Indonesia the figure is estimated at 

55% of women of reproductive age who 

are tormented by pain during 

menstruation.The incidence 

(prevalence) of menstrual pain ranges 

from 45 – 95% among women aged 

productive. 

Dysmenorrhea can be overcome 

or reduced one of them by doing regular 

exercise. (Soegiyanto, 2013) Explaining 

that, sport is not only potential for men, 

but women can also raise their name 

from the achievements they get through 

various sports. However, there is an 

assumption that women during the 

menstrual period is a moment where 

women become weak, because 

menstruation affects physical and 

psychological conditions. 

Other studies suggest that the 

physiological response to exercise 

before the menstrual cycle is very 

different in women with disabilities. 

Other evidence shows that most women 

can train and compete normally during 

menstruation, but some women 

experience fluid retention and 

abdominal cramps before menstruation 

and during menstruation. One of the 

evidences from the newspaper on 

August 16, 2016 that researchers read 

about swimming athletes from China, 

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admitted that she was on her period 

when she competed at the Rio 

Olympics. After Yuanhui finished the 4 

x 100 meter relay, she honestly told 

reporters that she felt unfit because she 

was menstruating. This woman from 

China managed to donate a silver medal 

at the Rio Olympics in 2016. 

State of The Art 

Dysmenorrhea is a physical 

disorder in women who are 

menstruating in the form of 

pain/abdominal cramps. Prevention can 

be done by doing light exercise such as 

gymnastics. Dysmenorrhea can affect a 

person's performance as stated in the 

background above. The state of the art 

of this research is dysmenorrhea in the 

sport of archery. 

Research purposes 

To find out the impact of 

dysmenorrhea on archer performance in 

archery UNJ, factors that affect 

dysmenorrhea and prevention and 

treatment of dysmenorrhea 

Menstruation 

Menstruation is the first 

menstruation that occurs, which is a 

characteristic of the maturity of a 

woman who is healthy and not pregnant 

(Fairus, 2011). Meanwhile, according to 

Proverawati and Misaroh, menstruation 

is a sign of a change in social status 

from children to adulthood, and other 

changes such as breast growth, hair 

growth in the pubic and axillary areas, 

and fat distribution in the hip area. From 

the above opinion, the researcher 

concludes that menstruation is the first 

menstruation experienced by a woman 

which is a characteristic of a woman's 

maturity, as a sign of the transition from 

childhood to adulthood and is 

characterized by secondary 

characteristics, namely the growth of 

armpit hair, pubic hair growth, and 

enlargement breast. 

Generally, adolescents who 

experience menstruation (menarche) are 

at the age of 12 to 16 years. This period 

will change behavior from several 

aspects, for example psychological and 

others. Women usually have their first 

menstruation at the age of 12-16 years. 

The menstrual cycle (Menarche) is 

normal every 22-35 days, with the 

length of menstruation (Menarche) for 

3-7 days. 

Factors that affect Menstruation 

The factors that affect 

menstruation are: 

a. Hormone Factor 



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Hormones that affect the 

occurrence of menstruation in women 

are: 

1. Estrogen Hormone 

The hormone estrogen is very 

influential in the growth process of 

adolescents during puberty. This 

hormone also plays a role in female 

reproduction and also the ovulation 

cycle. 

2. Progesteron Hormone 

This hormone is very useful in 

maintaining pregnancy in women and 

also the menstrual cycle which has a 

role in thickening the uterine wall. 

3. Luteinizing Hormone (LH) 

LH is a hormone that affects the 

process of menstruation. This hormone 

is referred to as a hormone whose job is 

to stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs 

so that the ovulation process goes well. 

4. Follicle Stimulating Hormone 

(FSH) 

FSH is a hormone in controlling 

the menstrual cycle and is very 

influential in the maturation of eggs. 

b. Enzyme Factor  

Hydrolytic enzymes present in 

the endometrium damage cells that play 

a role in protein synthesis, which 

interferes with metabolism, resulting in 

endometrial regression and bleeding. 

c. Vascular Factor  

During the proliferative phase, 

vascularization occurs within the 

functional layer of the endometrium. 

Along with the growth of the 

endometrium, the arteries, veins, and 

connections between them also grow. 

With endometrial regression, there is 

stasis in the veins and the channels 

connecting them to the arteries, and 

eventually necrosis and hemorrhage 

occur with hematoma formation, from 

both arteries and veins. 

d. Prostagladins Factor  

The endometrium contains 

prostaglandins E2 and F2. With 

disintegration of the endometrium, 

prostaglandins are released and cause 

myometrial contractions as a factor 

limiting menstrual bleeding. 

Dysmenorrhea 

According to Laila (2012) 

Dysmenorrhea is pain during 

menstruation that can cause physical 

problems such as nausea, weakness, and 

diarrhea and can interfere with 

activities. Women who experience 

dysmenorrhea will experience 

disturbances in their learning activities 

because learning is an activity that 

involves physical work as well as the 

brain. 



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Dysmenorrhea in Indonesian is 

menstrual pain, the nature and degree of 

this pain varies. Ranging from light to 

heavy. Severe conditions can interfere 

with daily activities, forcing the sufferer 

to rest and leave work or daily life for 

several hours or days. Almost all 

women experience discomfort in the 

lower abdomen during menstruation. 

The uterus or womb is made up of 

muscles that also contract and relax. 

Generally, uterine muscle contractions 

are not felt, but strong and frequent 

contractions cause blood flow to the 

uterus to be disrupted, causing pain 

(Aulia, 2009). 

Many women experience 

physical discomfort for a few days 

before their menstrual period comes, 

(Darmansyah :2012).   Approximately 

half of all women suffer from 

dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) 

(Dawood: 2006). The pain itself can be 

described as mild pain, moderate pain 

and severe pain until this pain can be 

treated with dysmenorrhea drugs 

(Benson: 2009). So dysmenorrhea is a 

condition where there is pain in the 

lower abdomen and even nausea and 

vomiting if it is too severe. 

Archery 

Archery is a sport that is 

recommended in Islam and sunnah by 

the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu 

'alaihi wa sallam. Archery is closely 

related to targeting, because the ultimate 

goal of archery is to shoot arrows at the 

target face correctly, so one of the 

factors needed in archery movements is 

consistency, which must be done 

continuously during training and during 

competition. (Munawar et all. 2012). 

The archery athlete's 

achievement is accuracy in aiming at 

the target, which means that the athlete 

must have good physical abilities, not 

only strength but also strong muscle 

endurance because the athlete must 

shoot 6 arrows per 6 sessions in which 

the athlete shoots a total of 36 arrows. 

The mental aspects needed include 

concentration. According to Wilson. et 

al., concentration is the ability of a 

person to focus on a task without being 

disturbed and influenced by stimuli, 

both internal and external (Putra, 2017). 

Figure 1.  

Archers 



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Sumber: Farrell C. 2018. 7 Hal Yang 

Harus Kamu Ketahui Tentang Olahraga 

Panahan. https://blog.kurio.co.id/inside-

kurio/insidekurio/7-hal-yang-harus-

kamu-ketahui-tentang-olahraga-

panahan/. 

 

Archery is an individual sport 

and competes to collect the highest 

scores. The archer's goal is to shoot 36 

arrows at the target's face at a distance 

of 70 meters. The target face is a circle 

with a diameter of 30 cm, each target 

has the smallest value of 0 (edge target) 

to the largest value of 10 (middle 

target). 

Figure 2.  

Target Face Size 122 cm 

Sumber: Worldarchery 

METHOD 

This study uses a descriptive 

method, which only describes a variable 

with a survey technique, which aims to 

collect information about the variable 

and also aims to collect data and then 

collect it to analyze the impact of 

dysmenorrhea on the performance of 

archers in UNJ archery. The place of 

research was conducted at the Archery 

Field, FIK UNJ, Jl. Pemuda No. 10 

Rawamangun East Jakarta in August-

September 2021. 

The population in this study 

were 56 female archers who joined the 

FIO UNJ archery club. Sampling in this 

study used the quota sampling method. 

According to Sugiyono (2010) Quota 

sampling is a technique of determining 

a sample from a population that has 

certain characteristics to the desired 

number (quota) with the sample of this 

study being female archery athletes who 

have experienced puberty or 

menstruation and have practiced archery 

for at least six months with a total 

sample of 20 people. 

The data collection technique is 

to measure the total score of archery 

results in menstruating and normal 

conditions (not menstruating). Then the 

data is collected for further processing. 

The instruments used in this 

study were the archery field, bow, 

arrow, archery score recorder and 

stopwatch.  

The data analysis technique used 

the t-test which compared the t-count 

with the t-table. If t-count < t-table, 

there is no change in the archery score, 

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menstruation. If t-count > t-table, there 

is a change in the archery score, both 

under normal conditions and during 

menstruation. 

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 

RESULTS  

Based on the results of data 

processing, the research data can be 

described in terms of the average, 

median, mode, and variance. The data 

can be seen in the table below: 

Table 1.  

Description of Research Results on the 

Impact of Dysmenorrhea on Archers' 

Performance in Archery UNJ 

 

Size 

Value 

Normal 

Score 

Dysmenorrhea 

Score 

The 

highest 

score 

335 330 

Lowest 

Value 

213 176 

Average 283,5 272,1 

Median 286,5 275 

Mode 296; 327 176; 269; 320; 

327 

Variance 1403,56

6 

2150,411 

Source: Data Processing Results 

 

Based on the table above, it can 

be explained that the average normal 

score is 283.5 while the average archer 

during dysmenorrhea is 272.1. The 

normal score has the highest score of 

335 and the dysmenorrheal score has 

the highest score of 330, the lowest 

score for the normal score is 213 while 

the score for dysmenorrhea is 176, the 

median normal score is 286.5 and the 

median score for dysmenorrhea is 275. 

The mode for the normal score is 296. 

and 327 while the score for 

dysmenorrhea is 176, 269, 320, 327. 

And the variance has a normal score of 

1403,566 and the score for 

dysmenorrhea is 2150,411. 

Table 2.  

Normal Score Frequency Distribution 

Source: Data Processing Results 

No. Class 

Interval 

Middle 

value 
Absolute 

Frekuency  

Relative 

Frekuen

si (%) 

1 213 - 

236 

224,5 3 15 

2 237 - 

260 

247,5 2 10 

3 261 - 

284 

270,3 4 20 

4 285 - 

308 

293,5 6 30 

5 309 - 

332 

316,5 3 15 

6 333 - 

356 

339,5 2 10 

 Amount  20 100 

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

213-236 237-260 261-284 285-308 309-332 333-356

Ke l as In te rval

 



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Figure 3.  

Normal Score Bar Chart 

 



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Table 3.  

Frequency Distribution of 

Dysmenorrhea Score 

No.  Class 

Interval 

Middle 

value 

Absolute 

Frekuency  

Relative 

Frekuensi 

(%) 

1 176 - 

205 

190,5 2 10 

2 206 - 

235 

220,5 1 5 

3 236 - 

265 

250,5 5 25 

4 266 - 

295  

280,5 4 20 

5 296 - 

325 

310,5 5 25 

6 326 - 

355 

340,5 3 15 

 Amount  20   100 

Source: Data Processing Results 

0

1

2

3

4

5

1 7 6 - 2 0 5 2 0 6 - 2 3 5 2 3 6 - 2 6 5 2 6 6 - 2 9 5 2 9 6 - 3 2 5 3 2 6 - 3 5 5

Ke las Inte rval

Figure 4. 

Dysmenorrhea score bar chart 

Discussion 

Based on the results of the 

research and the results of data 

processing, the t-count is 0.874 and the 

t-table is 2.025 at = 0.05, then the t-

count is 0.874 < t-table 2.025 so that 

there is no significant difference to the 

results of archery when experiencing 

dysmenorrhea or when no 

dysmenorrhea. Thus, the condition of 

dysmenorrhea did not affect the scores 

of archery athletes at UNJ. 

Conclusion 

From the results of the research 

that has been carried out and the results 

of data processing that has been carried 

out, it can be concluded that there is no 

impact of dysmenorrhea on the 

performance of archers in the sport of 

archery UNJ and there are other factors 

that affect dysmenorrhea. 

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