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Contralateral Effects of Russian Current on Adolescent Athlete

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Misr University for Science and Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Treatment Side Effects

Treatments

Other: Russian current
Device: elbow support

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04913350
BUS PT 012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The strength loss associated with immobilization causes long term decreases in performance and loss of hours of participation for athletes during rehabilitation period to regain a competitive form. Therefore, reducing such effects throughout the immobilization period is highly preferable. Cross-educational strength transfer to the inactive muscle by means of unilateral strength training may provide an opportunity to avoid strength loss and atrophy.

Full description

After injury and/or surgery, neuromuscular electrical stimulation is widely used to train muscles and enhance muscle strength. and some studies have found it to be superior to voluntary exercise after immobilization . One of the preferred common NMES techniques for muscle strengthening is the Russian current (RC) It stimulates almost all muscle motor units to contract synchronously, resulting in a greater muscle hypertrophy. While some studies exist to confirm the efficacy of this current in the Russian language, there is very little evidence to support its use in English literature. The aim of our study is to investigate the effectiveness of cross education of Russian current on the strength of the contralateral inactive biceps and triceps muscles of the affected elbow in pediatrics athletes to decrease some of the negative effects of immobilization on muscle tissue and enhance recovery.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

13 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 1 year experience in tennis training
  • diagnosis of tennis elbow

Exclusion criteria

  • Any contraindication to the application of electrotherapy
  • upper limb surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Russian current and elbow support group
Experimental group
Description:
participants in the experimental group will apply elbow support and will receive Russian current on biceps and triceps muscles of the unaffected elbow three therapy sessions per week for 4 weeks.
Treatment:
Other: Russian current
Device: elbow support
elbow support group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Participants in this group will apply elbow support only.
Treatment:
Device: elbow support

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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