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The Effect of Reducing Soreness in Marathon Runners

NCT01512082 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2015-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Delayed onset muscle soreness is defined as the sensition of pain and discomfort in skeletal muscles that occurs after eccentric muscle actions or strenuous exercise like a marathon.

Conditions

  • Contracture of Muscle, Thigh

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulsed electromagnetic field devices

Every person received two active devices. The devices emitted 2-ms bursts of 27.12 MHz sinusoidal waves repeating at 2 bursts/s. Peak magnetic field intensity was 0.05 G which induced an average electric field of 10 mV in the tissue with an effect of 7.3 mW/cm3.

DEVICE

Pulsed electromagnetic field devices

Every persons received two sham pulsed electromagnetic field devices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sten Rasmussen, M.D. · Northern Orthopaedic Division, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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