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The study compares the effects of two types of massage: a conventional massage and a functional massage, in the neuromuscular response of the gastrocnemious muscles.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Functional massage | Experimental |
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| Conventional massage | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Functional massage | Other | It's a massage combined with a stretching of the muscles. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Delay time change | Time between an electric impulse and 10% of the contraction of the muscle that is being excited with an electric impulse, using an electromyography test (miliseconds). | 2 minutes before the intervention, and 8 minutes after the intervention |
| Contraction time change | Time between 10% and 90% of the contraction of the muscle that is being excited with an electric impulse, using an electromyography test (miliseconds). | 2 minutes before the intervention, and 8 minutes after the intervention |
| Sustain time change | time between 50% of the contraction and 50% of the relaxation of the muscle after being impulsed with an electric impulse, using an electromyography test (miliseconds). | 2 minutes before the intervention, and 8 minutes after the intervention |
| Relaxation time change | time between 90% and 50% of the relaxation of the muscle after being impulsed with an electric impulse, using an electromyography test (miliseconds). | 2 minutes before the intervention, and 8 minutes after the intervention |
| Maximal displacement change | Maximal displacement of the muscle after being excited with an electric impulse, using an electromyography test (miliseconds). | 2 minutes before the intervention, and 8 minutes after the intervention |
| Stiffness change | Resistance to an external force that deforms its initial shape, using a "Myoton" (N/m). | 5 minute before the intervention, and 5 minute after the intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Gastrocnemious strength change | Isometric strength of the gastrocnemious muscles using a handheld dynamometer "microFET 2" (newtons). | 8 minutes before the intervention, and 2 minutes after the intervention |
| Passive ankle dorsiflexion change |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Universitat Internacional de Catalunya | Sant Cugat del Vallès | Barcelona | 08195 | Spain |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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The physiotherapist who assesses the outcomes is blinded.
| Conventional massage |
| Other |
It's a regular massage made with the therapist's hands. |
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| Elasticity change | Capacity to recover its initial shape after the removal of the external force that lead to its deformation, using a "Myoton" (logarithmic decrement of the tissue's oscillation). | 5 minute before the intervention, and 5 minute after the intervention |
| Relaxation change | Time for a muscle to recover its shape from deformation after the removal of an external force, using a "Myoton" (miliseconds). | 5 minute before the intervention, and 5 minute after the intervention |
Passive range of motion of the ankle dorsiflexion, using an inclinometer (degrees).
| 6 minutes before the intervention, and 4 minutes after the intervention |
| Jump height change | Maximum jump height with one leg using the application "My Jump 2" (centimeters). | 10 minutes before the intervention, and 1 minute after the intervention |