NCT02367079

Diathermy Compared With Sham Diathermy in Doms Management

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: Studi Fisioterapici di Montagna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To investigate the effect of hand massage, switched on diathermy or sham/switched off diathermy on DOMS in a group of athletes suffering DOMS after a ski mountaineering race.

Detailed description

This study examine DOMS in athletes following a ski mountaineering race, pain measured with numbering pain rating scale NPRS and perceived global improvement (PGIC) after treatment have been measured after a massage treatment, a diathermy treatment and a sham diathermy treatment.

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Diathermy	Sham diathermy vs switched on diathermy effect on pain where assessed

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2015-02-20
• Last updated: 2015-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy