Localized Muscle Cooling on Balance in Healthy Individuals

NCT03788135 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RRC-2018-011
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of localized muscle cooling on static and dynamic stability in healthy adults.

Conditions

Healthy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• mean center of gravity (COG) sway velocity (degrees/sec) for the unilateral Stance (US)

  The participants will be asked to stood in the marked position on the force plate, with their hands positioned on the iliac crests. The participants will be requested to lift the right foot to a standard height of 10 cm. This 10-second test will be performed three times in two test conditions, including eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC). The mean COG sway velocity (degrees/sec) from three trials of the US will be used in the analysis. The participants will be requested to perform the same test for the left leg. The US will be used to determine each participant's ability to maintain postural stability during unilateral standing in the EO and EC conditions.

  up to 3 weeks

Study Arms (5)

Quadriceps cooling

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on anterior thigh muscles for 20 minutes.

Behavioral: cooling

Hamstring cooling

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on posterior thigh muscles for 20 minutes.

Behavioral: cooling

Calf cooling

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on posterior leg muscles for 20 minutes.

Behavioral: cooling

Back cooling

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group will receive a cold pack on posterior low back muscles for 20 minutes.

Behavioral: cooling

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The participants in the control group will be rested for 20 minutes without any intervention.

Interventions

cooling BEHAVIORAL

the participants in the experimental group will receive a cold pack (gel pack, temperature -6 degrees to -12 degrees Celsius) will be placed on the target muscles for 20 minutes.

Back cooling; Calf cooling; Hamstring cooling; Quadriceps cooling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy young adults

You may not qualify if:

• history of a hip or knee injury, sensory deficits in the lower extremity and lower back, a history of lower-extremity surgery, spinal surgery, or a history of a quadriceps or hamstring muscle injury.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King Saud University: lead

Study Sites (1)

RRC, KSU

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Cool-Down Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Post-Exercise Recovery Techniques; Physical Therapy Modalities; Therapeutics; Rehabilitation; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• AHMAD H ALGHADIR, PHD

  King Saud University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2018
• First Posted: December 27, 2018
• Study Start: January 5, 2019
• Primary Completion: April 25, 2019
• Study Completion: May 15, 2019
• Last Updated: August 14, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SA (1)