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Conditions
Brief summary
Intense exercise can lead to muscle damage, pain, swelling and loss of strength, which can take up to 7 days to recover. This recovery can impact negatively on athletic training and competition and predispose to injury. Cycloidal vibration therapy has been shown in recent studies to reduce limb swelling in patients who have undergone surgery and may be an effective treatment for reducing muscle swelling after exercise and promote recovery from intense exercise. The aim of the project is to evaluate the potential for the use of cycloidal vibration therapy to promote muscle recovery following exercise by examining effects on the return of muscle strength and the reduction in swelling, muscle damage and inflammation following intense exercise. This will provide evidence to support the use of cycloidal vibration therapy by athletes to promote recovery after exercise.
Interventions
Muscle damage will be induced by performing 100 maximal voluntary eccentric isokinetic contractions of the knee extensors of the right leg at 45°/sec through an 80° range of motion. The cycloidal vibration therapy treatment will involve the participant placing a therapy cushion under their right thigh while in a seated position with their legs hanging at approximately 90° which will vibrate their upper leg. Participants will undergo 15 min of treatment immediately after the post-exercise assessm
Muscle damage will be induced by performing 100 maximal voluntary eccentric isokinetic contractions of the knee extensors of the right leg at 45°/sec through an 80° range of motion. The cycloidal vibration therapy treatment will involve the participant placing a therapy cushion under their right thigh while in a seated position with their legs hanging at approximately 90° which will vibrate their upper leg. Participants will undergo 15 min of treatment immediately after the post-exercise assessments are completed, and then twice daily for 20 min for seven days.
Sponsors
Associate Professor Jon Buckley
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
sedentary (i.e. participate in regular physical activity no more than once per week for the purpose of improving or maintaining their physical fitness)
Exclusion criteria
Have undertaken resistance training of the quadriceps muscles during the three months prior to their anticipated participation in this study, have knee, quadricep or other musculo-skeletal or medical problem which might interfere with their ability to perform the required exercise to induce muscle soreness or have experienced significant delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in their quadriceps muscles during the three months prior to their anticipated participation in this study.
Outcome results
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