Enhanced External Counterpulsation on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Tightness

Treatments: Device: Enhanced External Counterpulsation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02175316

FDG20130045H

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation on delayed onset muscle soreness. The primary outcomes will be duration of delayed onset muscle soreness, WBC count, CRP count, CPK count, and pain tolerance.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 59 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy active Duty or DoD beneficiaries between 25 and 59 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Not on a physical profile
• Not taking any OTC or prescription pain medications or workout supplements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental: EECP for DOMS

Experimental group

Description:

All enrolled subjects will receive EECP treatment Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.

Treatment:

Device: Enhanced External Counterpulsation