Exercise Induced Muscle Damage Post Dance and Sprint Specific Exercise in Females

NCT03284450 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NUMB1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 29
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

There is a paucity of studies investigating exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) in females and only one in response to dance-type exercise. This study aimed to firstly elucidate the physiological profile of EIMD following a dance-specific protocol, and second to compare the magnitude of damage to that experienced following a sport-specific protocol in physically active females.

Conditions

Exercise Induced Muscle Damage

Keywords

Dance; Sprint; Females; Recovery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)

  Isometric MVC of the participants' dominant knee extensors was assessed using a strain gauge.

  Change from pre exercise MVC at 24 h post exercise

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Limb girths

  pre, immediately post (0) and 24-, 48-, and 72 h post exercise

• Countermovement jump

  pre, immediately post (0) and 24-, 48-, and 72 h post exercise

• Reactive strength index

  pre, immediately post (0) and 24-, 48-, and 72 h post exercise

• Muscle soreness

  pre, immediately post (0) and 24-, 48-, and 72 h post exercise

• 30 m sprint time

  pre, immediately post (0) and 24-, 48-, and 72 h post exercise

Study Arms (2)

Dance performance fitness test (DPFT)

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: DPFT

Sport specific repeated sprints (SSRS)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: SSRS

Interventions

DPFT OTHER

The DPFT described previously (Redding et al., 2009) involves the repetition of a 'dance phrase' representative of contemporary dance, with each phrase separated by a 2 minute rest period. For the present study the originally described test was extended; the adapted protocol involved 10 x 1 minute movement phrases, each separated by 2 minutes rest.

Dance performance fitness test (DPFT)

SSRS OTHER

The SSRS (Howatson \& Milak, 2009) involved 15 x 30 m sprints with a rapid 10 m deceleration phase, with each sprint departing every 65 seconds.

Sport specific repeated sprints (SSRS)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• physically active
• at least 3 years experience in dance training

You may not qualify if:

• presence of any medical or physical conditions, either chronic or sustained in the last 3 months which would make participation difficult or harmful to the participant
• eg. history of cardiovascular disease and musculoskeletal disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northumbria University: lead

Study Officials

• Emma J Stevenson, PhD

  Northumbria University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Reader - Human and Applied Physiology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 28, 2016
• First Posted: September 15, 2017
• Study Start: April 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2014
• Study Completion: June 1, 2014
• Last Updated: September 15, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-09