Efficacy of Microcurrent Therapy After Eccentric Exercise

NCT02322489 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Microcurrent
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

15 participants will be included in the present study. They will attend two groups of three sessions (i.e. sessions 1-2-3 and sessions 4-5-6) spaced by 3 months:

• session 1 and 4 (performed a few days before the experimental session): session for participants to get familiarized with the test battery.
• session 2 and 5: experimental session (the test battery followed by the provocative task, the test battery, the one-hour "treatment" and the test battery again).
• session 3 and 6 (performed 2 days later): the test battery. The test battery included flexibility, functional, pressure pain threshold tests. The provocative task was an isokinetic eccentric task for knee flexors and extensors. The treatment was either a microcurrent therapy or a placebo microcurrent therapy.

Conditions

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

Keywords

microcurent; pain; flexibility

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Intensity of pain (Visual analogue scale)

  baseline, post-provocative task, post-treatment, 48h follow-up, following days until pain disappears

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Flexibility of quadriceps and hamstrings muscles

  baseline, post-provocative task, post-treatment, 48h follow-up

• Functional test (Unilateral counter-movement jump)

  baseline, post-provocative task, post-treatment, 48h follow-up

• Pain sensibility threshold (Determined by using a dolorimeter)

  baseline, post-provocative task, post-treatment, 48h follow-up

• Isometric strength (Maximal voluntary contraction of knee flexor and extensor muscles)

  baseline, post-provocative task, post-treatment, 48h follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Sham microcurrent therapy

SHAM COMPARATOR

The participant is lying on an examination table for one hour; several electrodes are placed over the muscles involved in the provocative task. The microcurrent therapy is then started but it lasts only for 5 seconds.

Device: Sham microcurrent therapy

Microcurrent Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The participant is lying on an examination table for one hour; several electrodes are placed over the muscles involved in the provocative task. The microcurrent therapy is then started.

Device: Microcurrent Therapy

Interventions

Microcurrent Therapy DEVICE

Several electrodes are placed over the muscles involved in the provocative task. The microcurrent therapy is then started and lasts for one hour.

Microcurrent Group

Sham microcurrent therapy DEVICE

Several electrodes are placed over the muscles involved in the provocative task. The microcurrent therapy is then started but lasts only for five seconds.

Sham microcurrent therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Asymptomatic subjects

You may not qualify if:

• practice of sports \>3h per week
• present pain in the lower limbs
• history of thigh muscle injuries
• recent injury (last 3 months) of the lower limbs
• recent (last 3 months) plyometric exercises or lower limbs strengthening program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Liege: lead

Study Sites (1)

Liege University Hospital Center

Liège, Liege, 4000, Belgium

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Christophe Demoulin, PhD

  University of Liege

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Main investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2014
• First Posted: December 23, 2014
• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: June 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-06

Locations

BE (1)