Clinical trial NCT06493149: Tensegrity Principle in Massage Therapy on Selected Anatomical Examples
Official title: Tensegrity Principle in Massage Therapy on Selected Anatomical Examples
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Massage therapy, tensegrity
Lead sponsor: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-09
Enrollment: 80
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: a randomised, controlled, parallel, two-arm trial
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study design is a randomised, controlled, parallel, two-arm trial. The subjects are randomly assigned to one of the study groups: the intervention group or the control group. The study will analyze the applicability of the tensegrity principle in the massage therapy. The main aim of this study is to examine if the tensegrity principle can be used in massage therapy to increase the effectiveness of the intervention. Contractile and passive mechanical properties are assessed before and after the intervention.

Detailed description: The phenomenon of tensegrity, despite the ever-growing interest and its many supporters, still remains a theoretical model. Its assumptions refer to the possibility of spreading stresses between individual elements of the musculoskeletal system in order to achieve structural homeostasis. An important role here is played by muscles that remain in structural contact with each other, e.g. through a common bone attachment or fascia. Theoretically, this means that a change in the tone of one muscle can lead to changes in the tone of other muscles that are structurally connected to it. It is worth noting that this mechanism works both when one of the muscles increases its tension and when this tension is decreased.

The difficulty associated with assessing the significance of tensegration for the motion system consists in the proper design of research that accurately quantifies this phenomenon. Experiments conducted to date have mostly been performed in vitro. Despite their scientific value, analyses of this type only take part of this phenomenon into account, because they do not consider the presence of body fluids as well as the tension produced by nerves and blood vessels.

In this project the following connection between muscles are tested:

* deltoid muscle and brachioradialis muscle
* latissimus dorsi muscle and the anterior compartment muscles of the forearm,
* tensor fasciae latae and pectoralis major muscle

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age between 18 and 24 years;
* healthy individuals, with no lower and upper extremities pathology;
* PA≥600 MET-min/week assessed by IPAQ questionnaire;
* no medical contraindication of massage therapy;
* body mass index 18,5 \< BMI ≤ 25kg/m2
* signing the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* individuals suffering from neurologic or orthopaedic problems;
* lower ot upper extremities surgical interventions;
* cancers;
* musculoskeletal disorders
* body mass index 18,5 \> BMI ≥ 25kg/m2
* the lack of informed consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in maximal displacement of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in maximal displacement of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in maximal displacement of the and peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in delay time of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in delay time of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in delay time of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in contraction time of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in contraction time of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in contraction time of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in sustain time of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in sustain time of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in sustain time of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in relaxation time of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in relaxation time of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in relaxation time of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in oscillation frequency of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in oscillation frequency of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in oscillation frequency of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in dynamic stiffness of the deltoid muscle muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in dynamic stiffness of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in dynamic stiffness of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in logarithmic decrement of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in logarithmic decrement of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in logarithmic decrement of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in mechanical stress relaxation time of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in mechanical stress relaxation time of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in mechanical stress relaxation time of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in creep of the deltoid muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in creep of the latissimus dorsi muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Change in creep of the peroneus longus muscle after therapy compared to baseline.
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Wrocław
country: Poland
facility: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Study officials:
affiliation: Doctoral School of Physical Culture Science, University of Physical Education in Kraków, Poland
name: Marcin Piwecki, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Bordoni B, Myers T. A Review of the Theoretical Fascial Models: Biotensegrity, Fascintegrity, and Myofascial Chains. Cureus. 2020 Feb 24;12(2):e7092. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7092.
citation: Swanson RL 2nd. Biotensegrity: a unifying theory of biological architecture with applications to osteopathic practice, education, and research--a review and analysis. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013 Jan;113(1):34-52. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2013.113.1.34.