Effects of Massage Between Sets of an Intense Isokinetic Exercise- Protocol of Knee Extensors in Tae Kwon Do Athletes

Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Status: Completed

Conditions: Athletic Performance

Treatments: Other: Massage treatment; Other: Isokinetic intense exercise protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04375163

EC-9/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

26 Tae Kwon Do athletes performed a vigorous exercise program on the isokinetic dynamometer twice in a period of 10 days, each time on a different extremity. In this way two groups of 26 individuals each were created, with the same individuals alternating. In the massage group (MG) a sport massage was applied between the sets while in the control group (NMG) the break was passive.

Full description

Objective: Τo investigate the effects of massage in athletic performance when applied during intervals of an intense isokinetic exercise protocol for knee extensor muscles.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial. Participants: 26 Tae Kwon Do athletes performed a vigorous exercise program on the isokinetic dynamometer twice in a period of 10 days, each time on a different extremity. In this way two groups of 26 individuals each were created, with the same individuals alternating. In the massage group (MG) a sport massage was applied between the sets while in the control group (CG) the break was passive.

Main Outcome Measures: knee flexion and extension ROM, thigh circumference, and creatine kinase (CK) levels in blood plasma were measured before and after each test while L-DOMS was measured 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours after the exercise.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Professional athletes
• Age range between 18-25.

Exclusion criteria

• Conduction of any strengthening exercises on the day before the tests
• Musculoskeletal injury during the last six months
• Background of knee trauma and/or surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Massage group (ME)

Experimental group

Description:

A sport massage was applied between the sets of an intense isokinetic exercise protocol for knee extensor muscles

Treatment:

Other: Isokinetic intense exercise protocol

Other: Massage treatment

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

the break between the sets of an intense isokinetic exercise protocol for knee extensor muscles was passive

Treatment:

Other: Isokinetic intense exercise protocol