The Feasibility and Effects of Acupuncture on Muscle Soreness and Sense of Well-being in an Adolescent Football Population
| Autor: | Brent A. Bauer, Alexander Do, Nick C. Canzanello, Marianne T. Luetmer, Edward R. Laskowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Visual analogue scale Population Acupuncture Therapy Football Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation High-Intensity Interval Training 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Acupuncturist Acupuncture Humans Medicine Prospective Studies Adverse effect education Prospective cohort study education.field_of_study biology business.industry Athletes Rehabilitation people.profession Pain Perception Myalgia biology.organism_classification Healthy Volunteers Clinical trial Treatment Outcome Physical therapy Feasibility Studies 0305 other medical science business people 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 98:964-970 |
| ISSN: | 1537-7385 0894-9115 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE The aims of the study were to assess the feasibility of performing acupuncture on multiple adolescent athletes in a warm weather, high-intensity training environment and to measure perceived effects of acupuncture on delayed-onset muscle soreness and sense of well-being. DESIGN This is a prospective feasibility study (registered clinical trial NCT03478800). Forty-two healthy male participants, aged 13-18 yrs, were involved in at least 1 of 5 treatment days for a total of 147 individual treatment sessions. Fifteen-minute treatments of traditional needle acupuncture were administered at the football field. Time, cost, adverse effects, and participant/provider ratio were observed. Effect on delayed-onset muscle soreness and sense of well-being were measured via pretreatment and posttreatment visual analog scale (0-10) rating analyses. RESULTS The results are as follows: time required by research staff on treatment days, 75 mins; total cost, US $700; temperature range, 21°C-28°C; and largest participant to acupuncturist ratio, 7-10:1. No major adverse effects occurred; 55% reported minimal adverse effects, such as mild focal numbness or tingling. Overall pretreatment to posttreatment effect on delayed-onset muscle soreness (average over 5 days) demonstrated significantly improved posttreatment scores (pre 4.6 ± 2.0; post 2.9 ± 2.2, P < 0.001). There was no significant effect on sense of well-being (P = 0.12). CONCLUSIONS Effectively providing acupuncture to multiple adolescent football players in their training environment is feasible with appropriate staff and resources. Despite mild adverse effects, treatment was well tolerated. This study provides guidance on acupuncture delivery to other athletes in their training environments. |
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