Investigation of Popular Recovery Techniques for Ultramarathon Recovery

Western States Endurance Run Research Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain

Treatments: Device: intermittent pneumatic compression; Procedure: massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02530190

WSER 2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of massage and intermittent pneumatic compression on recovery from a 161-km ultramarathon.

Full description

The study is a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of massage and intermittent pneumatic compression on recovery from a 161-km ultramarathon. Participants of the 2015 161-km Western States Endurance Run were randomized to a 20-minute post-race intervention of massage, intermittent pneumatic compression or supine rest. Each subject completed two 400 m runs at maximum speed before the race, and on days 3 and 5 after the race, and also provided muscle pain and soreness ratings and overall muscular fatigue scores before and for 7 days after the race.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Entry in the Western States Endurance Run

Exclusion criteria

• Failure to finish race

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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108 participants in 3 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

20 minutes of supine rest

Intermittent pneumatic compression

Active Comparator group

Description:

20 minutes of intermittent pneumatic compression

Treatment:

Device: intermittent pneumatic compression

Massage

Active Comparator group

Description:

20 minutes of massage therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: massage