Comparative Analysis Between Electrical Muscle Activity In Water And Soil

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Healthy Individuals.
• Interventions: Other: Heated pool training

• Registration Number: NCT01969383
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Brief Summary

Muscle activity in the aquatic environment was investigated while performing different exercises by electromyography analysis, due to conflicting results in the literature in relation to the floor. This study evaluated and compared the electrical activity of the rectus femoris and biceps femoris, in aquatic method and on the floor, during flexion and knee extension exercises with and without load.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04
• Status Verified: 2013-10
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-10
• Study First Submitted: 2013-10-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-10-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-10-21
• Study First Posted: 2013-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2013-10-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 to 35
• Sedentary (who engage in physical activity more than twice a week).

Exclusion Criteria

• History of pain, trauma and / or surgery on the knee joint;
• Presence of musculo - skeletal

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
heated pool	Heated pool training	After selection, all volunteers will be asked to attend two exercise protocols performed on the ground and in the heated pool and the minimum interval of 24 hours between each protocol. Data collection will be performed only with the dominant member of each volunteer.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WITH AND WITHOUT MUSCULAR STRENGTH IN WATER AND SOIL	April-October 2013	It is believed that there is a decrease in muscle electrical activity following the exercises without resistance in the heated water in comparison with cold water and soil due to muscle relaxation and a reduction of the viscosity of water. Considering the resistance exercises, it is believed that there is an increase in muscle electrical activity when held in cold water in comparison with heated water and soil due to the increased viscosity of water.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Izabela dos Santos Mendes; 🇧🇷 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil