Pre-exercise blood flow restriction to minimize damage in the thigh muscles

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal diseases; pain; Muscle, Skeletal; C23.888.592.612; A02.633.567

• Registration Number: RBR-8brxg7
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-17
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Be a healthy male, aged 18-35 years and classified as irregularly active or active in the International Physical Activity Questionaire (IPAQ); Not being involved in strength training programs for lower limbs; not with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5 kg / m-2 and greater than 30 kg / m-2; not be smokers or who use vasoactive medications and nutritional supplements regularly. Do not report musculoskeletal injury to lower limbs within 3 months prior to testing; not having uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or blood pressure; have no inflammatory rheumatologic condition or severe cardiovascular and / or pulmonary disease that prevents them from performing the evaluation and the proposed exercise; not having psychiatric disease and malignant tumors; not have presented Zika or Chikungunya in the last year.

Exclusion Criteria

Missing some day of collection; at any time and for any reason expressing an intention to leave the study; present a health problem that prevents them from continuing to participate in the research; use of medications, electrotherapeutic equipment or other therapeutic resources to improve pain and performance during the collection period; practicing unusual or strenuous physical activities during the days of collection.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Delayed-onset muscle soreness measured by the visual analogue pain scale (VAS) of 100 millimeters, where 0 is understood as no pain and 100 as the largest pain ever experienced by the volunteer.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Isometric torque measured by isokinetic dynamometer.;Range of motion of the knee measured by <br>a goniometer.;Thigh circumference measured by perimetry;Serum creatine kinase levels measured from blood sample collection;Perception of discomfort during ischemic preconditioning and perceived exertion during eccentric exercise measured by the visual analogue scale (EVA) of the 0 a 100 mm and the Borg scale, respectively.