Exercise-induced Muscle Damage, Movement Disorders, Nerve Pain
Conditions
Keywords
pain
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to assess the acute effects of a single NM treatment session on DOMS and to compare them with those of one foam roller (FR) session. Following the damaging plyometric exercise bout, the participants were randomly assigned in a counter-balanced fashion to either a FR or NM treatment group; treatments were administered 48-h post-exercise. The dependent variables were recorded before the exercise, 48-h post-exercise before treatment, and immediately post-treatment.
Detailed description
Currently, the foam-rolling massage is often used by athletes from many sports. However, there are a few studies on the effects of foam-rolling massage and they have conflicting results regarding the improvements in ROM and muscular performance. In contrast, neurodynamic mobilization (NM) is a manual therapy method used to assess and treat neuromuscular disorders. It includes gliding techniques and tensile techniques. Gliding techniques or sliders are intended to produce a sliding movement between neural structures and adjacent nonneural tissues. NM has been shown to reduce pain and soreness and improve ROM. However, no studies have investigated its effects after exercise-induced muscle soreness or DOMS.
Interventions
OTHERManual therapy
The subjects repeated this motion for 1 min, rested for 30 s, and then repeated it again for 5 sets.
Sponsors
Centro Universitario La Salle
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
One single evaluator who was blinded to the group assignments performed all tests that occurred 5 minutes prior to and 5 minutes after the intervention.
Intervention model description
a single NM treatment session on Delayed Onset Muscle pain (DOMS) and to compare them with those of one foam roller (FR) session
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All subjects were moderately active (Category 2) as assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) questionnaire (Craig et al., 2003). * None of the subjects had a recent history of intensive training, heavy eccentric resistance, or plyometric exercise, and all subjects were free from musculoskeletal disorders in the last year. * All subjects were asked to refrain from unaccustomed exercise during the experimental period, and the subjects abstained from all medications and dietary supplements during the experimental period and between testing sessions.
Exclusion criteria
* Sedentary * patients with pain
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | 1 minute after treatment | the numeric pain-rating scale (NPRS) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leg dynamometer measurements | 2 minutes after treatment | Leg strength |
| Surface electromyography (sEMG) | 5 minutes after treatment | EMG of quadriceps muscle |
Outcome results
None listed