Comparison of Acute Effect of Different Manual Techniques on Muscle Fascia Stiffness

• Conditions: Swedish Massage; Muscle Fascia Stiffness; Manual Lymphatic Drainage
• Interventions: Other: Exercise + Swedish massage; Other: Exercise + Manual Lymphatic Drainage

• Registration Number: NCT04324775
• Lead Sponsor: Marmara University

Brief Summary

There are studies investigating the effect of different massage methods on muscle fascia stiffness but the results do not support each other. In addition, there is no study to investigate the effect of MLD on muscle fascia stiffness. The aim of this study is to determine the acute effect of MLD and classical (Swedish) massage (KM) on muscle fascia stiffness after exercise.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-25
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-27
• Study Start: 2020-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-04-15
• Study Completion: 2020-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Being health and woman
• No systemic problem preventing exercise
• Having sufficient level of perception to perceive commands
• BMI≤25

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a history of injury and surgery through the Quadriceps femoris muscle in the last three months
• Having a disease that will affect myofascial structure features
• Having a disease that will affect normal body temperature
• Chronic pain in Quadriceps femoris muscle that has been going on for the last three months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group 2	Exercise + Swedish massage	Exercise+Swedish Massage
Group 1	Exercise + Manual Lymphatic Drainage	Exercise+Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measurement of skin temperature	Change from Baseline skin temperature at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise	For thermal imaging, a 120-9-90 pixel resolution FLIR E5 camera thermal camera (FLIR Systems AB, Sweden) will be used, and Color Palette iron will be selected to display images. The video will be taken from a distance of 1 m at a speed of 8 photos / s.
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the muscle-1	Change from Baseline mechanical properties at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise	Viscoelastic stiffness \[N/m\] will be measured in MyotonPro 3 (MYO, Tallin, Estonia).
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the muscle-2	Oscillation frequency (Hz) will be measured in MyotonPro 3 (MYO, Tallin, Estonia)	Change from Baseline mechanical properties at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the muscle-3	Change from Baseline mechanical properties at following exercises, at following MLD/SM application and at 10 minutes after the exercise	Mechanical stiffness (N/m) will be measured in MyotonPro 3 (MYO, Tallin, Estonia).