Investigating Muscle Repair in Response to Icing Therapy Post Eccentric Muscle Damage Exercise
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Muscle Damage
- Sponsor
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- Enrollment
- 45
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Delayed onset muscle soreness determined using the VAS scale of perceived muscle soreness
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of our research is to investigate the effects of applying cold therapy, or "icing," to injured muscles in terms of strength recovery and muscle soreness amelioration following unaccustomed exercise.
Detailed Description
The objective is to determine whether or not injured muscles that are subject to icing after eccentrically damaging exercise recover their strength quicker and/or have less muscle soreness than those that do not receive any icing treatment after damaging exercise and if any differences in effectiveness between two icing protocols exist. Baseline measures of peak torque of the dominant arm's elbow flexor muscles will be measured by concentric and isometric contractions prior to participants undergoing eccentric muscle damaging exercise. Participants will be randomly assigned into 3 different experimental groups of approximately 15 participants each. The first group will begin "Icing Protocol 1" at time 0 (or as close to). The second group will begin "Icing Protocol 2" six hours after their initial eccentric muscle damaging exercise. The remaining group will not receive any icing treatment; they are the control group. Participants will be brought back into the lab at specific post-exercise times (0h, 24h, 48h, 96h, and 7 days) to complete peak torque measures as they did with baseline measures prior to eccentric muscle damage. Measures of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) will also be taken at baseline and during scheduled follow up times for participants.
Investigators
Christopher Chekay
Undergraduate Student
Wilfrid Laurier University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy students attending Wilfrid Laurier University with no previous history of upper body muscle damage and live in close proximity to the University so they can attend all lab sessions. Ideally they have not performed any upper body resistance training within the last 4 months.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous history of muscle, joint, or ligament injuries in the surrounding area of their dominant are elbow flexor region.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Delayed onset muscle soreness determined using the VAS scale of perceived muscle soreness
Time Frame: Within 7 days post eccentric muscle damage
Peak torque strength measures determined using the CYBEX-NORM Testing and Rehabilitation System
Time Frame: Within 7 days post eccentric muscle damage