Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome Prevention

Rowan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

Treatments

Other: Resistance Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07256808

Pro-2023-75

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial investigated whether a 10-week heavy resistance training program reduced the incidence of medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) in collegiate indoor track and field athletes. Twenty-six athletes from Rowan University were randomly assigned to a treatment group (resistance training plus regular training) or a control group (regular training only). Muscle mechanical properties-including tone, stiffness, elasticity, stress relaxation time, and creep-were measured by MyotonPro device (non-invasive) at baseline, post-intervention, and at the end of the season. A 10-week observational follow-up during the indoor season included weekly MTSS symptom surveys. Differences in MTSS incidence and muscle properties were analyzed between groups.

Enrollment

26 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Collegiate athletes on the Indoor Track and Field team.
Athletes must participate in at least one of the following:
60m-800m events (including hurdles)
jumping events (including pole vault)

Exclusion criteria

Subjects who have a history of musculoskeletal or neurologic conditions
Who take medications that affect muscle tone
Who have a body mass index >30.0 kg/m2 were excluded to screen to prevent adipose tissue from skewing the measurements.
Any subject with any fractures, sprains, or strains of the lower extremities were excluded.
Any subject with active MTSS, stress fracture, or other lower leg pathology symptoms at the time the initial survey was administered were excluded.
Any athlete who does not participate in the 60m-800m events (including hurdles), or who does not participate in jumping events (including pole vault) were excluded.