Effect of Massage on Hamstring Muscle Soreness (IRMA)

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders

Treatments: Other: Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01478464

IRMA03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Delayed onset muscular soreness peaks in 24-48 hours after unaccustomed strenuous physical exercise. Therapists often provide manual massage with the hands to acutely relief the soreness. Alternatives to manual hand massage can be useful for therapists. Here the investigators examine the acute effect of a "massage roller" on DOMS in the hamstring muscles

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: Male

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: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group, does not receive any intervention

Massage group

Experimental group

Description:

Massage will be performed on the left or right hamstring muscle (randomized) for ten minutes with a massage roller. The contralateral leg will not be massaged, but serve as a non-massaged control leg to assess possible cross-over effects from the massaged leg

Treatment:

Other: Massage