Investigation of Popular Recovery Techniques for Ultramarathon Recovery

Musculoskeletal Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Investigation of Popular Recovery Techniques for Ultramarathon Recovery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02530190
• Other study ID #: WSER 2015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 18, 2015
• Last updated: August 19, 2015
• Start date: May 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: August 2015
• Source: Western States Endurance Run Research Foundation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study is a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of massage and intermittent pneumatic compression on recovery from a 161-km ultramarathon.

Description:

The study is a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of massage and intermittent pneumatic compression on recovery from a 161-km ultramarathon. Participants of the 2015 161-km Western States Endurance Run were randomized to a 20-minute post-race intervention of massage, intermittent pneumatic compression or supine rest. Each subject completed two 400 m runs at maximum speed before the race, and on days 3 and 5 after the race, and also provided muscle pain and soreness ratings and overall muscular fatigue scores before and for 7 days after the race.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 108
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Entry in the Western States Endurance Run

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failure to finish race

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Pain

Intervention

Device:
• intermittent pneumatic compression
20 minutes of intermittent pneumatic compression to lower extremities

Procedure:
• massage
20 minutes of massage to lower extremities

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	VA Northern California Health Care System	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Western States Endurance Run Research Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	400 m run time	self-timed 400 m run as fast as possible	5 days	No
Secondary	Lower body muscle pain and soreness rating	Subjective rating of lower body muscle pain and soreness on 10-point Likert scale	5 days	No
Secondary	Overall muscular fatigue score	Subjective rating of overall muscular fatigue on a 12-cm visual analog scale	5 days	No