Muscle fatigue and muscle soreness
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 50 athletes will receive one session of massage therapy for 10 minutes on the quadriceps. All participants will receive the same type of massage.
Control group: 50 athletes will re
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Sponsors
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: volunteers with age of 18 and 60, both men and women, have been practicing street racing for at least a year, accustomed to running more than 10 km continuously, to practice at least twice a week and not to have had muscle in last 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not having heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal diseases in the lower limbs in the last six months, without presence of cutaneous lesions in the region of the quadriceps muscle, not presenting severe metabolic or respiratory disorders, cramp, during the evaluation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Participants will be assessed after a running session, right after the application of the interventions and 24h, 48h and 72h after the application of the interventions: Pain and fatigue reduction in the thigh after a running session assessed by numerical pain scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increasing in mood status measured with the Brunel mood scale;;Improvement in quadriceps muscle strength measured by hand held dynamometer (assessed before and after the application of the interventions, and after 48h);;Increase in knee flexion range of motion evaluated using an inclinometer (assessed before and after the application of the interventions, and after 48h);;Improvement in the performance of vertical jump using the app My jump 2 (assessed before and after the application of the interventions, and after 48h).;Pain reduction assessed by McGill questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGuilherme Nunes
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Outcome results
None listed