Comparison of Acute Effect of Different Manual Techniques on Muscle Fascia Stiffness

Comparison of Acute Effect of Manual Lymph Drainage and Swedish Massage on Muscle Fascia Stiffness Applied After Exercise in Healthy Young Women

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04324775

Enrollment

Registered

2020-03-27

Start date

2020-04-01

Completion date

2020-04-20

Last updated

2020-03-27

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Conditions

Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Muscle Fascia Stiffness, Swedish Massage

Keywords

MLD, massage, fascia, stiffness

Brief summary

There are studies investigating the effect of different massage methods on muscle fascia stiffness but the results do not support each other. In addition, there is no study to investigate the effect of MLD on muscle fascia stiffness. The aim of this study is to determine the acute effect of MLD and classical (Swedish) massage (KM) on muscle fascia stiffness after exercise.

Interventions

OTHERExercise + Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Quadriceps exercises with weight of 75%1 Max repetition and 8 repetionX3 sets Following exercises, manual lymphatic drainage applied to rectus femoris for 5 minutes

OTHERExercise + Swedish massage

Quadriceps exercises with weight of 75%1 Max repetition and 8 repetionX3 sets Following exercises, swedish massage applied to rectus femoris for 5 minutes

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Being health and woman * No systemic problem preventing exercise * Having sufficient level of perception to perceive commands * BMI≤25

Exclusion criteria

* Having a history of injury and surgery through the Quadriceps femoris muscle in the last three months * Having a disease that will affect myofascial structure features * Having a disease that will affect normal body temperature * Chronic pain in Quadriceps femoris muscle that has been going on for the last three months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Measurement of skin temperature	Change from Baseline skin temperature at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise	For thermal imaging, a 120-9-90 pixel resolution FLIR E5 camera thermal camera (FLIR Systems AB, Sweden) will be used, and Color Palette iron will be selected to display images. The video will be taken from a distance of 1 m at a speed of 8 photos / s.
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the muscle-1	Change from Baseline mechanical properties at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise	Viscoelastic stiffness \[N/m\] will be measured in MyotonPro 3 (MYO, Tallin, Estonia).
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the muscle-2	Oscillation frequency (Hz) will be measured in MyotonPro 3 (MYO, Tallin, Estonia)	Change from Baseline mechanical properties at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the muscle-3	Change from Baseline mechanical properties at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise	Mechanical stiffness (N/m) will be measured in MyotonPro 3 (MYO, Tallin, Estonia).

Contacts

Primary ContactYaşar Tatar

yasartatar@yahoo.com05323758895

Backup ContactNilüfer Kablan

niluferkablan@yahoo.com05067638556

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026