NCT01478464

Effect of Massage on Hamstring Muscle Soreness

Danish: Integreret Motion på Arbejdspladsen (IRMA) English: Implementation of Exercise at the Workplace

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark · Other Government
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 67 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Delayed onset muscular soreness peaks in 24-48 hours after unaccustomed strenuous physical exercise. Therapists often provide manual massage with the hands to acutely relief the soreness. Alternatives to manual hand massage can be useful for therapists. Here the investigators examine the acute effect of a "massage roller" on DOMS in the hamstring muscles

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Massage	The hamstring muscle will be massaged with a "massage roller" for ten minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2011-11-23
• Last updated: 2013-06-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark