Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Following Exercise-induced Muscle Damaged

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy
• Interventions: Other: intermittent pneumatic compression protocol; Other: Placebo treatment

• Registration Number: NCT06201260
• Lead Sponsor: University of Maia

Brief Summary

This study aims to assess the recovery kinetics following an exercise-induced muscle damage activity (using flywheel) on active healthy university students.

The main questions are:

- Is intermittent pneumatic compression superior to a placebo recovering from EIMD? Participants will perform a fatiguing protocol using flywheel and recover with either intermittent pneumatic compression or with a placebo treatment (micro-current treatment, but the device turned off). They will perform several performance tests before, following the recovery period, and at the 24h and 48h following the intervention

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-11
• Study Start: 2024-02-15
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-15
• Study Completion: 2024-03-15
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 33

Inclusion Criteria

• To be eligible for participating in this study, participants should not have been recently injured, and should engage physical activity regularly (>3 times/week).

Exclusion Criteria

• Inactive participants
• Younger than 18 years old or older than 27 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
IPC	intermittent pneumatic compression protocol	a 30 min high-pressure IPC protocol
placebo	Placebo treatment	A 30 min placebo

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Soreness scale	10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention	Likert scale of muscle soreness - the scale ranges from from 0 (a complete absence of soreness) to 6 (a severe pain that limits the ability to move)
Maximal voluntary contraction (knee extension)	10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention	Measures of isometric strength
Countermovement jump	10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention	Jump height
Broad Jump	10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention	Horizontal jump

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Maia; 🇵🇹 Maia, Portugal