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Effects of Massage Between Sets of an Intense Isokinetic Exercise- Protocol of Knee Extensors in Tae Kwon Do Athletes

NCT04375163 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2020-07-09

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Summary

26 Tae Kwon Do athletes performed a vigorous exercise program on the isokinetic dynamometer twice in a period of 10 days, each time on a different extremity. In this way two groups of 26 individuals each were created, with the same individuals alternating. In the massage group (MG) a sport massage was applied between the sets while in the control group (NMG) the break was passive.

Conditions

  • Athletic Performance

Interventions

OTHER

Isokinetic intense exercise protocol

The isokinetic protocol included 6 sets of 10 maximum efforts at 60 °/s of one leg with a 2-minute break between the sets.

OTHER

Massage treatment

Massage consisted of stroking (30") and petrissage (50") for muscle relaxation, then friction (10"), pincement and clapping (30") to prepare muscles for the next set.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Evaggelos Sykaras · Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-20
Completion
2020-06-20

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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