NCT06300385

Effect of EMS and Strengthening Exercises on Pain, Fatigue and Physical Performance in Motocross Athletes

Effect of Electromyostimulation and Strengthening Exercises on Pain, Fatigue and Physical Performance in Motocross Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Bilgi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Motocross, a popular sport, involves riding motorized vehicles on rugged tracks with obstacles. It's physically demanding, with high speeds and a risk of accidents. Grip strength is crucial, especially in the arms and forearms, which are prone to injury. Physiotherapy often employs strength exercises, including electromyostimulation. However, there's little research on their effectiveness for motocross athletes. This study aims to compare electromyostimulation combined with strength training versus strength training alone in relieving pain, fatigue, and improving strength in motocross athletes.

Detailed description

Motocross is a popular sport in which participants ride a two-wheeled, motorized vehicle around a 2 km rugged track with natural or man-made obstacles. Participants race at high speeds and it is considered a strenuous sport with a high accident rate. Motocross racers grip the handlebars of their bikes with both hands throughout the race, which lasts between 18 and 26 minutes. Therefore, it is a sports branch where control is concentrated on the arms and upper extremities. It has been reported that the most frequently injured and painful area is the forearm. Therefore, good and strong upper extremity and forearm control is important for the prevention of injuries or subsequent recovery processes. It is known that strengthening exercise programs are used in physiotherapy practices to improve strength and stabilization parameters. The use of electromyostimulation applications for strengthening in different populations is also becoming widespread. There are no studies demonstrating the effectiveness of strengthening and electromyostimulation applications on pain, fatigue and strength parameters in motocross athletes. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of electromyostimulation application applied simultaneously with a strengthening exercise program on pain, fatigue and strength, with strengthening exercises performed with sham application (electric current turned off).

Conditions

• Sports Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Electromyostimulation	Electromyostimulation (EMS), a low-frequency current, will be used for electrical stimulation of the wrist flexor muscle group. Stimulation frequency will be applied as 25 Hertz. Care will be taken to ensure that the current intensity does not cause pain in the patient. The size of the EMS electrodes is 2 cm2 and they will be placed in the form of 4 electrodes on the wrist flexor muscles (inner wrist area) with a distance of 1 cm between them. Each strengthening session will be 15 minutes for 6 weeks, 3 days a week, for a total of 18 sessions. EMS application will be carried out together with strengthening exercises. Laica MD6078 branded device belonging to the researchers will be used.
OTHER	Strengthening exercises	All participants will do resistance exercises for strengthening, 3 sessions per week for 6 weeks. Each movement will be performed in 3 sets and 12 repetitions according to the planned intensity. Wrist curl, reverse wrist curl movements (with 10kg dumbbells) and power web flex grip movements will be applied simultaneously with EMS application. The program will last 15 minutes in total.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-06-01
• Completion: 2024-07-01
• First posted: 2024-03-08
• Last updated: 2024-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)