Clinical Research Directory
Browse clinical research sites, groups, and studies.
Myofascial Reorganization on Performance, and Biomechanical, Viscoelastic, and Thermographic Properties of Athletes
Sponsor: University of the State of Santa Catarina
Summary
This is a two-group randomized clinical trial (includes an experimental and a placebo group) to verify the effects of the Myofascial Reorganization (RMF) compared to the placebo-RMF technique on running performance and thermographic, biomechanical, and viscoelastic proprieties of lower limbs of male triathletes. Data collection will be carried out one week before the first intervention session, and one week after the last intervention session. Anthropometric characteristics (height and weight), lower limbs, and biomechanical, viscoelastic, and thermographic properties will be collected before any exercise tests. After this, the athlete will be submitted to: a 10-minute protocol to verify running economy on the treadmill, followed by an incremental test on the treadmill, and a time to exhaustion test. Evaluation procedures will carried out one week before (0 weeks) and one week after (7th week) the experimental/placebo intervention. Intervention sessions will occur during six weeks, twice a week, each session lasting up to 30 minutes.
Official title: Effects of Myofascial Reorganization on Running Performance, and Lower Limb Biomechanical, Viscoelastic, and Thermographic Properties of Triathletes: a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 45 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2024-04-15
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2024-07-03
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Myofascial Reorganization
It is a manual technique in which the therapist applies a manual sustained oblique load of 45° with subsequent shear load. In general, the technique is divided into two stages, the first when the oblique load is accompanied by a passive shear load (applied by the therapist) during 1minute, and the second stage, when the shear oblique manual load is maintained but the shear load provoked by the participants' active movement (active shear load) during 1minute.
PLACEBO Myofascial Reorganization
it is light touch to the skin applied by the therapist, without provoking compression, or any constant or shear load during the fist minute. In the second minute, the participant adds active movements to the light touch. This two stage (each one during 1minute) is constructed to mimic the passive and the active stages of the real myofascial reorganization technique.
Locations (1)
Center for Health and Sport Sciences of the State University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil