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Reliability of Myotonometry in Swimming Athletes

NCT04697433 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2021-01-06

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Summary

The clinical analysis of athletes has been performed in the sports field to obtain parameters for reliable evaluations. Among the tools used is the myotonometry, an analysis capable of quantitatively measuring tone, stiffness and elasticity. Its reliability has been tested in several populations, however, showing changes in results and presenting high variability in the confidence interval, also, the values of myotonometry differ according to sample specificity and the biomechanical properties of each muscle. Therefore, it seems pertinent to perform the reliability analysis in swimming athletes and verify their applicability and if the values of tone and muscular biomechanical properties vary according to the specificity of the modality. It will be a test and retest study composed of 50 young male and female swimming athletes, aged between 12 and 20 years. The evaluation of myotonometry will be performed randomly by two evaluators and the parameters measured will be: tone, stiffness, elasticity, relaxation time of mechanical stress and displacement. In the test stage, the first evaluator will perform the measurements bilaterally on the muscles and the second evaluator will perform the same measurements in the same order immediately after the first one. After 15 minutes, the retest will be performed following the same order of evaluators in the test. For characterization of sample will be used descriptive statistic through central tendency and variability for all variables collected. Relative reliability will be tested by the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC). Absolute reliability will be verified by means of standard error of measurement (SEM), values of least detectable change (MMD) and coefficient of variation (CV). The statistical package SPSS Statistics 22.0 will be used to conduct the reliability analyses.

Conditions

  • Athletes

Interventions

DEVICE

Myotonometry

The examiner should exert a slight pressure on the determined point to the necessary depth, which will be indicated by changing the color from red to green light on the device. The device has an automatically controlled preload (0.18 Newton (N)) that will be applied to the contact area by an automatic mechanical pulse, with a duration of 15 milliseconds (ms) and a constant force of 0.4 N , these oscillations will be registered by an accelerometer next to the measurement mechanism inside the device. For each evaluation, a series of 10 consecutive pulses (multiscan mode) will be used with an interval of one second between each pulse. In each shot, the tone, stiffness, elasticity, relaxation time and creep will be calculated.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • São Paulo State University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-03
Primary Completion
2020-03-16
Completion
2020-03-16

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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