The Feasibility and Effects of Acupuncture on Muscle Soreness and Sense of Well-being in an Adolescent Football Population.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Mayo Clinic
- 入组人数
- 42
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in muscle soreness after post-exercise acupuncture therapy
研究概览
简要总结
Is it feasible to perform acupuncture in the training field after sport performance in adolescent football players?
Does acupuncture provide a decrease in muscle soreness and improvement in overall sense of well-being in the adolescent football population?
详细描述
Previous studies on the effects of acupuncture on performance and post-exercise recovery have shown that it reduces perceived pain arising from exercise induced muscle soreness and reduces muscle spasm. Acupuncture has also been shown to serve as an adjunct to improve muscle strength training and to accelerate recovery from workouts and injury.
The investigators' goal is to study approximately 50 high school football players in their true pre-season warm weather training environment. The investigators will measure the effects of acupuncture treatment on muscle soreness and overall sense of well-being by administering pre- and post-treatment surveys. Athletes will undergo five treatment sessions over the course of 2.5 weeks. The treatments will be performed by licensed acupuncturists employed at Mayo Clinic. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Mayo Clinic.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- •Acupuncture treatment within the past year
- •Known active musculoskeletal injury or condition, immunocompromised state, prosthetic heart valve, pregnancy or known history of bleeding disorder.
研究组 & 干预措施
High school football players and acupuncture
50 healthy high school football players without active musculoskeletal injury
干预措施: Acupuncture (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in muscle soreness after post-exercise acupuncture therapy
时间窗: immediately before and after acupuncture during the study period (2.5 weeks)
Musculoskeletal pain or soreness will be measured by a Football Acupuncture Survey designed by the investigators. Participants will first be asked if they had muscle soreness or pain in the last 24-48 hours and if so, if they used any modalities to alleviate it (ice, heat, massage etc) or medications (and if so, which ones). Participants will then be asked about the presence and location of current muscle soreness and to rate the soreness on a 10 point scale with 0 being 'no muscle soreness' and 10 being 'muscle soreness as bad as can be. After acupuncture treatment, they will be the same question. The investigators will evaluate the difference between pre- and post-treatment muscle soreness.
次要结局
- Sense of well-being(immediately before and after acupuncture, during the study period (2.5 weeks))
研究者
Edward R. Laskowski
Principal Investigator
Mayo Clinic