Massage therapy decreases pain and perceived fatigue after long-distance Ironman triathlon: a randomised trial
| Autor: | Paula Urio Bender, Igor Yamashitafuji, Valentine Zimermann Vargas, Guilherme S Nunes, Fábio Sprada de Menezes, Bruna Wageck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Quadriceps muscle
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale Musculoskeletal pain Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Sitting law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Randomized controlled trial law medicine Humans Pain Management 030212 general & internal medicine Fatigue Pain Measurement Massage Muscle fatigue biology Athletes business.industry lcsh:RM1-950 030229 sport sciences Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Musculoskeletal manipulations Clinical trial lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology Treatment Outcome Muscle Fatigue Physical therapy Female business Sports |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physiotherapy, Vol 62, Iss 2, Pp 83-87 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1836-9561 |
| Popis: | Question: Can massage therapy reduce pain and perceived fatigue in the quadriceps of athletes after a long-distance triathlon race (Ironman)? Design: Randomised, controlled trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and blinded outcome assessors. Participants: Seventy-four triathlon athletes who completed an entire Ironman triathlon race and whose main complaint was pain in the anterior portion of the thigh. Intervention: The experimental group received massage to the quadriceps, which was aimed at recovery after competition, and the control group rested in sitting. Outcome measures: The outcomes were pain and perceived fatigue, which were reported using a visual analogue scale, and pressure pain threshold at three points over the quadriceps muscle, which was assessed using digital pressure algometry. Results: The experimental group had significantly lower scores than the control group on the visual analogue scale for pain (MD –7mm, 95% CI –13 to –1) and for perceived fatigue (MD –15mm, 95% CI –21 to –9). There were no significant between-group differences for the pressure pain threshold at any of the assessment points. Conclusion: Massage therapy was more effective than no intervention on the post-race recovery from pain and perceived fatigue in long-distance triathlon athletes. Trial registration: Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials, RBR-4n2sxr. [Nunes GS, Bender PU, de Menezes FS, Yamashitafuji I, Vargas VZ, Wageck B (2016 ) Massage therapy decreases pain and perceived fatigue after long-distance Ironman triathlon: a randomised trial. Journal of Physiotherapy 62: 83–87 ] |
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