Massage therapy decreases pain and perceived fatigue after long-distance Ironman triathlon: a randomised trial

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• 作者：Guilherme S Nunes^a ; Paula Urio Bender^a ; Fá ; bio Sprada de Menezes^b ; Igor Yamashitafuji^a ; Valentine Zimermann Vargas^a ; ^c ; Bruna Wageck^a
• 关键词：Musculoskeletal manipulations ; Musculoskeletal pain ; Athletes ; Quadriceps muscle ; Fatigue
• 刊名：Journal of Physiotherapy
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：62
• 期：2
• 页码：83-87
• 全文大小：375 K

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Question: Can massage therapy reduce pain and perceived fatigue in the quadriceps of athletes after a long-distance triathlon race (Ironman)? Design: Randomised, controlled trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and blinded outcome assessors. Participants: Seventy-four triathlon athletes who completed an entire Ironman triathlon race and whose main complaint was pain in the anterior portion of the thigh. Intervention: The experimental group received massage to the quadriceps, which was aimed at recovery after competition, and the control group rested in sitting. Outcome measures: The outcomes were pain and perceived fatigue, which were reported using a visual analogue scale, and pressure pain threshold at three points over the quadriceps muscle, which was assessed using digital pressure algometry. Results: The experimental group had significantly lower scores than the control group on the visual analogue scale for pain (MD –7 mm, 95% CI –13 to –1) and for perceived fatigue (MD –15 mm, 95% CI –21 to –9). There were no significant between-group differences for the pressure pain threshold at any of the assessment points. Conclusion: Massage therapy was more effective than no intervention on the post-race recovery from pain and perceived fatigue in long-distance triathlon athletes. Trial registration: Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials, RBR-4n2sxr. [Nunes GS, Bender PU, de Menezes FS, Yamashitafuji I, Vargas VZ, Wageck B (2016) Massage therapy decreases pain and perceived fatigue after long-distance Ironman triathlon: a randomised trial.Journal of Physiotherapy62: 83–87]