The Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy in Reducing Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in Marathon Runners. A Double-blind Randomized Placebo-controlled Study.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 47
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Thigh pain by walking
研究概览
简要总结
Delayed onset muscle soreness is defined as the sensition of pain and discomfort in skeletal muscles that occurs after eccentric muscle actions or strenuous exercise like a marathon.
详细描述
There is a growing body of clinical evidence which shows that noninvasive, nonpharmacologic pulsed electromagnetic fields have many clinical effects. Pulsed electromagnetic fields have shown to reduce pain in different groups of patients. This concerns patients with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, fibromyalgia, distal radius fractures, pelvic pain and postoperative patients.
A marathon is a muscular strain. Physiologic effects of a marathon involves muscular and connective tissue damage which initiates an inflammatory response as well as release of metabolic factors like lactate and free radicals, intracellular metabolites and by-products of proteolysis.
The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic fields compared to placebo in reducing delayed onset muscle soreness in marathon runners.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Completion of a marathon
- •Age > 18 years
排除标准
- •Unable to read and speak Danish
结局指标
主要结局
Thigh pain by walking
时间窗: 5 days
Primary outcome of thigh pain during semi-squat during 5 days following the marathon showed a significantly lower pain among the active group compared to the placebo group. The outcome was thigh muscle pain measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale during a squat of 90 degrees three times a day; when they woke up, at 12 pm and 8 pm.
次要结局
- Registration of injuries and symptoms from the musculoskeletal system.(5 days)