Acute Effect of Foot Reflexology Massage on Heart Rate Variability and Arterial Pulse Waveform
- Conditions
- Anaerobic ExerciseMassageAerobic Exercise
- Interventions
- Other: Foot reflexology massage
- Registration Number
- NCT03821805
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Taipei
- Brief Summary
Foot reflexology treatment provides acute and chronic effects on cardiovascular and hemodynamic functions. However, no information is available to us in regarding the treatment effect of foot reflexology after exercise. This study investigated the acute effect of foot reflexology treatment on heart rate variability after anaerobic-based and aerobic-based intermittent exercises.
- Detailed Description
The sympathetic activation and sympathy-vagal balance after repeat sprint performance can be immediately modulated by foot reflexology massage. The acute benefits of foot reflexology intervention on cardiac sympathovagal balance can be considered as exercise recovery strategies in sports.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 28
- Undertake football/futsal training at least 3 times a week
- Age between 18 and 30 years old
- History of severe neuromuscular injury
- Current lower extremity injury
- Current neurological diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Foot reflexology massage group Foot reflexology massage The duration of intervention was 30 min (15 min massage duration for each leg)
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Heart rate variability immediately following intervention phase 15 minutes resting electrocardiographic record at baseline and post-intervention phase
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Arterial pulse waveform immediately following intervention phase 15 minutes resting arterial plethysmographic waveform at baseline and post-intervention phase