Efficacy of Electromyographic Biofeedback in Muscle Recovery After Meniscectomy in Soccer Players
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 10
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in muscle tension level
研究概览
简要总结
Electromyographic biofeedback (EMG-BF) is a therapeutic technique that has been used success-fully in rehabilitation of injuries. Although it has been applied in athletes, its use in this field is not very widespread. The objective of this study is to analyze its effectiveness in the recovery of electromyographic activity of the quadriceps after meniscectomy, evaluated through isometric contraction of the vastus lateralis. The sample comprised ten professional footballers in the Spanish League (2nd Division A) who had previously suffered a meniscus injury in their knee and had undergone a meniscectomy. The intervention consisted of EMG-BF treatment lasting between 6 and 10 sessions. The electromyographic signal was recorded using a Thought Tech-nology ProComp Infiniti 8-channel biofeedback unit with a sampling rate of 2048 sam-ples/seconds. For each session a within-subject ABA design of 6 or 10 trials per session was used, with three pre- and three post-measures, which determined the gain for each session.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 24 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Partial meniscus tear
- •Meniscectomy
排除标准
- •Having an injury other than a partial meniscus tear
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in muscle tension level
时间窗: Each participant performed a total of 10 session during 5 weeks
Using electrommiographic biofeedback device, the increase in muscle tension after isometric contraction was observed. Each player performed 10 work sessions (2 sessions per week) with EMG-BF. Each session was divided into three phases: (a) three trials without receiving feedback, (b) between six and ten trials with feedback of electromyographic activity, (c) three trials without feedback. In each trial, isometric contractions of the vastus lateralis were performed. For all sessions, each isometric contraction lasted six seconds and the participants rested for two minutes between trials to recover their contraction capacity. The sampling rate was 2048 samples per second.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Coral Falco
Principal Investigator
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences