Effects of Pre-event Massage on Muscle Activity

Effects of Pre-event Massage on Muscle Activity During Jump Activities on Gastrocnemius and Hamstring Muscles

The study observes the effect of a pre-event massage on the gastrocnemius and Hamstring muscles on muscle activity.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Neuromuscular Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Pre-event massage

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Sant Cugat
    • Barcelona, Sant Cugat, Spain, 08195
      • Recruiting
      • Universitat Internacional Catalunya

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

-

Exclusion Criteria:

• Muscle injury in the last two months
• Suffer a musculoskeletal disorder that doesn't allow the subject to do the study protocol

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: Control
EXPERIMENTAL: Pre-event massage	Other: Pre-event massage; Five minutes massage, combining superficial and high-frequency techniques of massage applied with the therapist hands on gastrocnemius and hamstring muscles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Muscle activity (microVolts)	sEMG is a NON-invasive method that measures the electrical activity of the muscle generated by the passage of the nerve impulse, which causes depolarization of the muscle cell membrane during excitation. Once the muscle is contracted and receives electrical signals, the electrodes pick up these signals and record them on the device application.	Change between baseline(immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Jump Force (Newtons)	Jump Force will be measured using the Myjump app	Change between baseline(immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention)
Jump speed (m/s)	Jump Speed will be measured using the Myjump app	Change between baseline(immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention)
Jump Height (cm)	Jump Height will be measured using the Myjump app	Change between baseline(immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): October 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): March 1, 2022
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): April 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 22, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): August 2, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): August 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Hamstrings; Gastrocnemius; Pre-competition massage; Pre-event massage; Superficial Electromyography
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: Protocol 4B

Drug and device information, study documents

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