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

Marmara University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Manual Lymphatic Drainage; Muscle Fascia Stiffness; Swedish Massage

Treatments: Other: Exercise + Manual Lymphatic Drainage; Other: Exercise + Swedish massage

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04324775

09.2019.968

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Description:

Exercise+Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Treatment:

Other: Exercise + Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Group 2

Description:

Exercise+Swedish Massage

Treatment:

Other: Exercise + Swedish massage