Localized Muscle Cooling on Balance in Healthy Individuals

King Saud University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: cooling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03788135

RRC-2018-011

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the effects of localized muscle cooling on static and dynamic stability in healthy adults.

Full description

Healthy young adult aged 18-30 years will be recruited from the College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS), King Saud University, Riyadh. Subjects will be excluded if they had a history of a hip or knee injury, sensory deficits in the lower extremity, a history of lower-extremity surgery, or a history of a quadriceps or hamstring muscle injury. The protocol was submitted to and approved by the Ethics Sub-Committee of Rehabilitation Research chair (RRC-2018-011). Participants will be requested to sign a written informed consent form approved by the institution ethics committee. A total of 50 participants were randomly assigned to the quadriceps cooling (QC: n = 10), hamstrings cooling (HC: n = 10), calf cooling (CC: n = 10), back muscle cooling (BC: n = 10) or control (no cooling: n = 10) group by a lottery method.A baseline assessment of mean center of gravity (COG), sway velocity (degrees/sec) for the unilateral Stance (US) will be performed. After the baseline assessment, a cold pack (gel pack, temperature -6 degrees to -12 degrees Celsius) will be placed on the target muscle for 20 minutes. One thin dry towel will be kept between the cold pack and the skin to prevent skin damage. Before and after the application of ice application the skin sensibility will be assessed by testing the participant's to a pinprick.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy young adults

Exclusion criteria

• history of a hip or knee injury, sensory deficits in the lower extremity and lower back, a history of lower-extremity surgery, spinal surgery, or a history of a quadriceps or hamstring muscle injury.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 5 patient groups

Quadriceps cooling

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on anterior thigh muscles for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cooling

Hamstring cooling

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on posterior thigh muscles for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cooling

Calf cooling

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on posterior leg muscles for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cooling

Back cooling

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on posterior low back muscles for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cooling

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in the control group will be rested for 20 minutes without any intervention.