Subjective and Objective Changes in Muscle-stiffness

Aalborg University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy; Muscle Soreness

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05279339

AAU031-1004903

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate muscle stiffness in relation to delayed on-set muscle soreness following exercise and to investigate how well the change in muscle stiffness correlates with the subjective experienced degree of stiffness.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy participants aged 18-80
• Able to speak, read and understand Danish and/or English

Exclusion criteria

• Have performed resistance training on a regular basis during the past month
• Experience of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during the last two weeks leading up to the first test session
• Current use of analgesics
• Any current neurological, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could interfere with the results.
• Pregnancy
• Lack of ability to cooperate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will not perform any exercise

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will perform an exercise recommended for preventing neck and shoulder pain

Treatment:

Other: Exercise