Traditional Chinese acupressure massage ameliorates systemic inflammatory responses and joint mobility limitation after acute repeated jumping exercise
| Autor: | Wei Gang Chang, Chun Chung Chou, Chung-Yu Chen, Wen Fen Li, Yi Hung Liao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint Context (language use) Acupressure medicine.disease_cause Quadriceps Muscle Leukocyte Count Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Jumping Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans Eccentric Range of Motion Articular Creatine Kinase Exercise General Nursing Inflammation Massage biology Athletes business.industry Pain scale biology.organism_classification 030205 complementary & alternative medicine Complementary and alternative medicine Chiropractics Range of motion business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Analysis Muscle Contraction |
| Zdroj: | EXPLORE. 16:26-34 |
| ISSN: | 1550-8307 |
| Popis: | Context Alternative medical and training approaches to accelerate recovery among athletes are growing in popularity. The potential benefits of acupressure massage on attenuating muscle soreness and promoting post-exercise recovery capacity are still unclear. Objective This study compares the effects of traditional Chinese acupressure massage (TCAM) and active recovery, on subject recovery capacity after acute repeated jumping exercise. Design Twenty healthy male athletes were randomly assigned to traditional Chinese acupressure massage (TCAM; N = 10) or active recovery (AR; performing low-intensity exercise during post-exercise recovery; N = 10) groups. TCAM and AR intervention were applied after repeated jumping exercise. Pain scale, knee active/passive range of motion (AROM/PROM), jumping performance, quadriceps maximum voluntary contraction force, creatine kinase, and leukocyte subpopulations were measured at baseline, after and 48 h after exercise. Results No significant interaction effects were observed between the jumping performance, quadriceps maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) force, power-to-weight ratio for the two groups before the exercise, after the exercise, and 48 h post exercise. However, the knee flexion AROM/PROM was greater in the TCAM group than that for the AR group (p = 0.005). There were no differences in the VAS, MVC, and jumping performance between treatments. The white blood cell (p = 0.024), and monocytes (p = 0.023) responses were lower in the TCAM group. Conclusions We demonstrated that TCAM generates beneficial effects on attenuating joint mobility limitations and lowering systemic inflammatory responses after acute exercise in athletes. These findings suggest that TCAM may be a practical alternative approach for athletes participating in consecutive competitions containing eccentric elements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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