Neurodynamic Mobilization and Foam Rolling

Movement Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Neurodynamic Mobilization and Foam Rolling in Delayed-onset Muscle Soreness in a Healthy Adult Population: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03160937
• Other study ID #: CSEULS-PI-009/2013
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 13, 2017
• Last updated: May 17, 2017
• Start date: January 10, 2017
• Est. completion date: April 10, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: Centro Universitario La Salle
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the acute effects of a single NM treatment session on DOMS and to compare them with those of one foam roller (FR) session. Following the damaging plyometric exercise bout, the participants were randomly assigned in a counter-balanced fashion to either a FR or NM treatment group; treatments were administered 48-h post-exercise. The dependent variables were recorded before the exercise, 48-h post-exercise before treatment, and immediately post-treatment.

Description:

Currently, the foam-rolling massage is often used by athletes from many sports. However, there are a few studies on the effects of foam-rolling massage and they have conflicting results regarding the improvements in ROM and muscular performance. In contrast, neurodynamic mobilization (NM) is a manual therapy method used to assess and treat neuromuscular disorders. It includes gliding techniques and tensile techniques. Gliding techniques or "sliders" are intended to produce a sliding movement between neural structures and adjacent nonneural tissues. NM has been shown to reduce pain and soreness and improve ROM. However, no studies have investigated its effects after exercise-induced muscle soreness or DOMS.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: April 10, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 10, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subjects were moderately active (Category 2) as assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) questionnaire (Craig et al., 2003).

• None of the subjects had a recent history of intensive training, heavy eccentric resistance, or plyometric exercise, and all subjects were free from musculoskeletal disorders in the last year.

• All subjects were asked to refrain from unaccustomed exercise during the experimental period, and the subjects abstained from all medications and dietary supplements during the experimental period and between testing sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Sedentary

• patients with pain

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise-induced Muscle Damage
• Movement Disorders
• Nerve Pain
• Neuralgia

Intervention

Other:
• Manual therapy
The subjects repeated this motion for 1 min, rested for 30 s, and then repeated it again for 5 sets.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centro Universitario La Salle

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain	the numeric pain-rating scale (NPRS)	1 minute after treatment
Secondary	Leg dynamometer measurements	Leg strength	2 minutes after treatment
Secondary	Surface electromyography (sEMG)	EMG of quadriceps muscle	5 minutes after treatment