The immediate effect of triceps surae myofascial trigger point therapy on restricted active ankle joint dorsiflexion in recreational runners: A crossover randomised controlled trial
| Autor: | Amy Cranston, Christopher Mayall, Andrew Henderson, Rachel John, George Malone, Rob Grieve |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male musculoskeletal diseases Complementary and Manual Therapy medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Myofascial pain syndrome Running law.invention Young Adult Physical medicine and rehabilitation Randomized controlled trial law Statistical significance medicine Humans Ankle dorsiflexion Knee Range of Motion Articular Muscle Skeletal Physical Therapy Modalities Myofascial trigger point Cross-Over Studies business.industry Large effect size Rehabilitation Trigger Points Middle Aged musculoskeletal system medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Complementary and alternative medicine Physical therapy Female Ankle business Range of motion human activities Ankle Joint |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 17:453-461 |
| ISSN: | 1360-8592 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbmt.2013.02.001 |
| Popis: | To investigate the immediate effect on restricted active ankle joint dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM), after a single intervention of myofascial trigger point (MTrP) therapy on latent triceps surae MTrPs in recreational runners.A crossover randomised controlled trial.Twenty-two recreational runners (11 men and 11 women; mean age 24.57; ±8.7 years) with a restricted active ankle joint dorsiflexion and presence of latent MTrPs.Participants were screened for a restriction in active ankle dorsiflexion in either knee flexion (soleus) or knee extension (gastrocnemius) and the presence of latent MTrPs. Participants were randomly allocated a week apart to both the intervention (combined pressure release and 10 s passive stretch) and the control condition.A clinically meaningful (large effect size) and statistically significant increase in ankle ROM in the intervention compared to the control group was achieved, for the soleus (p = 0.004) and the gastrocnemius (p = 0.026).Apart from the statistical significance (p 0.05), these results are clinically relevant due to the immediate increase in ankle dorsiflexion. These results must be viewed in caution due to the carry-over effect in the RCT crossover design and the combined MTrP therapy approach. |
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