Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health, Subjective
Conditions
Keywords
electroencephalography, electrodermal activity, flexibility, alertness
Brief summary
The present double-blinded randomized controlled design aims at comparing the effects of a full-body manual massage and foam rolling intervention. Sixty-five healthy individuals were randomly allocated to foam rolling, manual massage or a control intervention consisting in an autogenic relaxation routine.
Detailed description
Self-report ratings of perceived anxiety, muscle pain and relaxation were the psychometric outcome variables. Sit-and-reach, toes-touch and mental calculation performances were the behavioral variables. Resting-state alpha and beta power recorded using electroencephalography and galvanic skin resistance measures were the neurophysiological outcome variables.
Interventions
OTHERPsychometric ratings (Likert-scale)
Self-report of perceived anxiety and physical sensations (muscle pain, relaxation and warmth)
BEHAVIORALRange of motion measures
Sit-and-reach and toe touch tests
BEHAVIORALMental calculation task
Iterated substractions (for 2 minutes)
DEVICEResting-state electroencephalography
Alpha and beta oscillation power (4 minutes recordings)
DEVICEResting-state galvanic skin resistance measures
Skin conductance during the resting state period
Sponsors
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Allocation concealment
Intervention model description
Three independent groups, two measurement points
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Regular practice of foam rolling (10 min routines, 2-3 times per week over the past 6 months)
Exclusion criteria
* Chronic medical conditions including functional limitations that might affect proprioception and/or pain perception
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in range of motion measures from standardized flexibility tests | Pretest and an immediate posttest after the intervention | Lower back and hamstring flexibility index from sit-and-reach and toe touch tests |
| Resting-state electroencephalography | Pretest and an immediate posttest after the intervention | Power of alpha and beta neural oscillations |
| Changes in subjective scores (self-reports on numeric rating scales) | Pretest and an immediate posttest after the intervention | Perceived anxiety and physical sensations (muscle pain, warmth and relaxation) on a numeric rating scale of 10 cm (0: Complete absence of anxiety/muscle pain/muscle warmth/muscle relaxation; 10: Maximal possible levels of anxiety/muscle pain/muscle warmth/muscle relaxation) |
| Changes in mental calculation performances | Pretest and an immediate posttest after the intervention | Iterated substractions for 2 minutes |
| Changes in physiological arousal | Pretest and an immediate posttest after the intervention | Skin conductance during resting state periods |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed