Effects of Muscle Flossing on Quadriceps Muscle Potentiation

NCT05094713 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MFPAP
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 19
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Tissue flossing involves wrapping a thick rubber band around a joint or muscle, which can partially occlude blood flow. In practice, it is often used while concomitantly performing a range of motion exercises (ROM) for 1 to 3 minutes in duration. The mechanisms involved in tissue flossing with a floss band may be similar to those involved in ischemic preconditioning. Previous results would support the use of tissue flossing on ROM, while there are no clear conclusions on post-activation effects on sports-related performance and muscle contractile properties. This may be attributed to the different methodologies used in the studies. Therefore, the time course associated with tissue flossing benefits remains to be investigated.

Conditions

Ischemia; Placebo - Control

Keywords

tissue flossing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Contractile muscle properties

  Contractile muscle properties assessed using tensiomyography (Tc, Dm, Tr, Ts, Td)

  75 min

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• CMJ jump height

  75 min

Other Outcomes (1)

• Rate of perceived exertion

  75 min

Study Arms (2)

Flossing - control

OTHER

Control group where flossing wrapping pressure is between 20 and 30 mmHg

Other: Low wrapping pressure

Flossing with medium wrapping pressure

EXPERIMENTAL

A flossing band will be applied over tight musculature with medium wrapping pressure

Other: Flossing experimental group

Interventions

Flossing experimental group OTHER

Flossing of the tight muscles with medium wrapping pressure, which is individualized in based on the tight circumference of the participant.

Also known as: Muscle flossing

Flossing with medium wrapping pressure

Low wrapping pressure OTHER

Control group where flossing wrapping pressure is between 20 and 30 mmHg

Also known as: CONTROL

Flossing - control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy and physically active individuals
• without a history of lower limb injuries and/or surgeries at least 1 year prior to investigation.

You may not qualify if:

• neuromuscular and metabolic disorders;
• the presence of acute and/or chronic pain
• alcohol and drug consumption etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Science and Research Centre Koper: lead
• University of Ljubljana: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Science and Research centre Koper

Koper, 6000, Slovenia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Paravlic AH, Segula J, Drole K, Hadzic V, Pajek M, Vodicar J. Tissue Flossing Around the Thigh Does Not Provide Acute Enhancement of Neuromuscular Function. Front Physiol. 2022 Apr 27;13:870498. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.870498. eCollection 2022.

  PMID: 35574482 RESULT

Related Links

• Published article

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Ischemia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Armin Paravlic, PhD

  SRC Koper and Faculty of Sport

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Crossover randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 13, 2021
• First Posted: October 26, 2021
• Study Start: July 20, 2021
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2021
• Study Completion: October 15, 2021
• Last Updated: October 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Locations

SL (1)