Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Following Exercise-induced Muscle Damaged

N/ACompletedNCT06201260

University of Maia33 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to assess the recovery kinetics following an exercise-induced muscle damage activity (using flywheel) on active healthy university students. The main questions are: \- Is intermittent pneumatic compression superior to a placebo recovering from EIMD? Participants will perform a fatiguing protocol using flywheel and recover with either intermittent pneumatic compression or with a placebo treatment (micro-current treatment, but the device turned off). They will perform several performance tests before, following the recovery period, and at the 24h and 48h following the intervention

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy

Interventions

Placebo treatmentOTHER

The electrodes of an electrostimulation device (SP 4.0, Compex, Guildford, United Kingdom) will be positioned on participants' quadriceps. Participants will be informed that they are engaging an innovative microcurrent treatment. This procedure will last for 30 min.

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 27 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * To be eligible for participating in this study, participants should not have been recently injured, and should engage physical activity regularly (\>3 times/week). Exclusion Criteria: * Inactive participants * Younger than 18 years old or older than 27 years old

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Maximal voluntary contraction (knee extension)

Measures of isometric strength

Time frame: 10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

Countermovement jump

Jump height

Time frame: 10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

Broad Jump

Horizontal jump

Time frame: 10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

Soreness scale

Likert scale of muscle soreness - the scale ranges from from 0 (a complete absence of soreness) to 6 (a severe pain that limits the ability to move)

Time frame: 10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Following Exercise-induced Muscle Damaged

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes