Effects of Clinical Interventions for the Management of Late Start

Effects of Clinical Interventions for the Management of Late Start Muscular Pain (Doms) in the Post-exercise Recovery Process

Introduction: Late-onset muscle pain (DOMS) is characterized by a type of temporary muscle damage, common after high-intensity exercise. In addition to pain, DOMS clinically generates muscle stiffness, reduced joint range of motion, muscle weakness and reduced peak torque. In this regard, in order to accelerate the recovery of body systems and treat symptoms of DOMS, the management of different types of interventions has been observed, supporting the clinical practice, based on evidence. Objectives: To investigate the effect of different types of clinical interventions for the treatment of DOMS. Material and methods: For the clinical trial, 50 ultramarathon and rowing athletes of both sexes, aged between 18 and 60 years old, will be recruited randomly into four possible groups: control (CG), shock waves (G1) , massage (G2) and laser therapy (G3). The evaluation moments will be as follows: minutes before exercise (M1); immediately after exercise (M2); immediately after applying the recovery technique (M3); and 24 hours after exercise (M4) and the evaluated outcomes will be: pain, psychological aspects, functional test and blood markers.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Athletes
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: shock waves; Other: massage; Device: lasertherapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • RJ
    • Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 78060-900
      • Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Professional athletes;
• Age over 18 years;
• Both sexes;
• Not having recent injuries

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who do not complete all the proposed collection moments
• who do not agree to participate will be excluded.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control
Experimental: massage	Other: massage; clinical interventions, of mechanophysiological origin for the treatment of symptoms corresponding to DOMS, after exercise
Experimental: shock waves	Device: shock waves; shock waves
Experimental: lasertherapy	Device: lasertherapy; lasertherapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
PAIN	pain systemic and located in quadriceps, assessed using a visual analog scale (0-10), with 0 indicating no pain and 10 the worst possible pain	7 days
SATISFACTION	Brunel's Mood Scale (BRUMS), with ratings from 0 to 4 where, 0 represents nothing; 1 represents a little, 2 indicates moderately; 3 reports a lot; and 4 corresponds to extremely	7 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
MUSCLE STRENGTH	measured through a functional test entitled sit and stand. It is a test initially developed by researchers at UFRJ that consists of asking the subject to try to sit and stand in sequence, with the guidance of not using any support, for example the help of the hands or knees to obtain additional balance, leaving thus, that the musculature alone performs the function recruited	7 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: São Paulo State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): November 20, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 29, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 20, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): November 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 13, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Massage; Sports Medicine; Athletic Performance; Lasertherapy; Shockwaves
• Other Study ID Numbers: UNIRIO_STUDY

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No