Clinical trial NCT06082752: The Analysis of the Impact of 5-minute Massage Session on the Muscle Stiffness and Tone
Official title: The Analysis of the Impact of 5-minute Massage Session on the Muscle Stiffness and Tone: a Randomised Control Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorder
Keywords: Massage therapy
Muscle tone
Muscle stiffness
Lead sponsor: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland
First posted: 2023-10-13
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 19
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The study design was a randomised, controlled, parallel, two-arm trial. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of the study groups: the intervention group or the control group. The passive mechanical properties, i.e. the stiffness and tone of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle (dominant leg) were assessed. Measures were taken twice: in the intervention group before and after the 5-minute massage session, and in the control group at the beginning of the meeting and again after 5 minutes.

Detailed description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 5-minute massage, applied to healthy individuals, may change the passive mechanical muscle properties, which supposedly may prevent MSDs. The study is carried out on the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles because of their accessibility and crucial role in locomotion. MyotonPRO and TMG S2 devices were used to assess the stiffness and radial muscle displacement of the gastrocnemius muscle respectively.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age between 19 and 24 years;
* healthy individuals, with no lower limb 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:

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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in maximal displacement of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in delay time of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in contraction time of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in sustain time of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in relaxation time of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in oscillation frequency of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in dynamic stiffness of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in logarithmic decrement of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in mechanical stress relaxation time of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
timeFrame: 1) baseline, 2) immediately after the massage session
measure: Changes in creep of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle
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: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
name: Krzysztof Kassolik
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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