Acute Effect of Massage and Exercise on Muscle Tenderness

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders

Treatments: Other: Massage; Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01478451

IRMA02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many people experience pain, tenderness and soreness of joint and muscles, both in sport and working life. Pain killers can provide acute relief of pain, but may not be a feasible solution for all people. Here the investigators examine the acute effect of massage and exercise on induced muscle tenderness (delayed onset muscular soreness).

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• working age adults

Exclusion criteria

• blood pressure above 160/100
• disease of the cervical spine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 3 patient groups

Massage

Experimental group

Description:

massage will be provided for 10 minutes at the left or right trapezius (randomized)

Treatment:

Other: Massage

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

exercise (shoulder shrugs with elastic resistance) will be performed for 10 minutes at the left or right trapezius (randomized)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

control shoulder (randomized)