Effects of Muscle Flossing on Quadriceps Muscle Potentiation

Ischemia Clinical Trial

— MF_TMG_CMJ  

Official title:

Effects of Tissue Flossing on Muscle Contractile Properties and Jumping Performance in Recreationally Active Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05094713
• Other study ID #: MFPAP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 20, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Science and Research Centre Koper
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Tissue flossing involves wrapping a thick rubber band around a joint or muscle, which can partially occlude blood flow. In practice, it is often used while concomitantly performing a range of motion exercises (ROM) for 1 to 3 minutes in duration. The mechanisms involved in tissue flossing with a floss band may be similar to those involved in ischemic preconditioning. Previous results would support the use of tissue flossing on ROM, while there are no clear conclusions on post-activation effects on sports-related performance and muscle contractile properties. This may be attributed to the different methodologies used in the studies. Therefore, the time course associated with tissue flossing benefits remains to be investigated.

Description:

Nowadays, various methods are used for acute performance enhancement. The most recent of these is tissue flossing, which is becoming increasingly popular for both performance enhancement and rehabilitation. However, the effects of flossing on athletic performance have not been clearly demonstrated, which could be due to differences in the methodology used. In particular, the rest periods between the end of the preconditioning activity and the performance of the criterion task or assessment tools varied considerably in the published literature. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of applying tissue flossing to the thigh on bilateral countermovement jump performance and contractile properties of vastus lateralis (VL) muscle. Nineteen recreational athletes (11 males; aged 23.1 ± 2.7 years) were randomly assigned to days of flossing application (3 sets for 2 min of flossing with 2 min rest between sets) with preset experimental pressure (EXP = 95 ± 17.4 mmHg) or control condition (CON = 18.9 ± 3.5 mmHg). The first part of the measurements was performed before and after warm-up consisting of 5 min of cycling followed by dynamic stretching and specific jumping exercises, while the second part consisted of six measurement points after flossing application (0.5, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 min).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 19
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy and physically active individuals

• without a history of lower limb injuries and/or surgeries at least 1 year prior to investigation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• neuromuscular and metabolic disorders;

• the presence of acute and/or chronic pain

• alcohol and drug consumption etc.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ischemia

Intervention

Other:
• Flossing experimental group
Flossing of the tight muscles with medium wrapping pressure, which is individualized in based on the tight circumference of the participant.
• Low wrapping pressure
Control group where flossing wrapping pressure is between 20 and 30 mmHg

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Slovenia	Science and Research centre Koper	Koper

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Science and Research Centre Koper	University of Ljubljana

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Slovenia, 

References & Publications (1)

Paravlic AH, Segula J, Drole K, Hadzic V, Pajek M, Vodicar J. Tissue Flossing Around the Thigh Does Not Provide Acute Enhancement of Neuromuscular Function. Front Physiol. 2022 Apr 27;13:870498. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.870498. eCollection 2022. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Rate of perceived exertion	Rate of perceived exertion of fatigue	75 min
Primary	Contractile muscle properties	Contractile muscle properties assessed using tensiomyography (Tc, Dm, Tr, Ts, Td)	75 min
Secondary	CMJ jump height	Counter-movement jump height assessed using force plate	75 min

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•   Published article