Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Following Exercise-induced Muscle Damaged

NCT06201260 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: PDFM_003IPC
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 33
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to assess the recovery kinetics following an exercise-induced muscle damage activity (using flywheel) on active healthy university students. The main questions are: \- Is intermittent pneumatic compression superior to a placebo recovering from EIMD? Participants will perform a fatiguing protocol using flywheel and recover with either intermittent pneumatic compression or with a placebo treatment (micro-current treatment, but the device turned off). They will perform several performance tests before, following the recovery period, and at the 24h and 48h following the intervention

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Maximal voluntary contraction (knee extension)

  Measures of isometric strength

  10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

• Countermovement jump

  Jump height

  10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

• Broad Jump

  Horizontal jump

  10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

• Soreness scale

  Likert scale of muscle soreness - the scale ranges from from 0 (a complete absence of soreness) to 6 (a severe pain that limits the ability to move)

  10 minutes before the fatigue protocol, following the recovery protocol (30 minutes post), 24 hours and 48 hours post intervention

Study Arms (2)

IPC

EXPERIMENTAL

a 30 min high-pressure IPC protocol

Other: intermittent pneumatic compression protocol

placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

A 30 min placebo

Other: Placebo treatment

Interventions

intermittent pneumatic compression protocol OTHER

A 30 min IPC protocol at about 200mmHg

IPC

Placebo treatment OTHER

The electrodes of an electrostimulation device (SP 4.0, Compex, Guildford, United Kingdom) will be positioned on participants' quadriceps. Participants will be informed that they are engaging an innovative microcurrent treatment. This procedure will last for 30 min.

placebo

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 27 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Male gender
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• To be eligible for participating in this study, participants should not have been recently injured, and should engage physical activity regularly (\>3 times/week).

You may not qualify if:

• Inactive participants
• Younger than 18 years old or older than 27 years old

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Maia: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Maia

Maia, 4475-690, Portugal

Location

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 24, 2023
• First Posted: January 11, 2024
• Study Start: February 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 15, 2024
• Study Completion: March 15, 2024
• Last Updated: May 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Locations

PT (1)