PMID- 26118518
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160502
LR  - 20150629
IS  - 1532-9283 (Electronic)
IS  - 1360-8592 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 3
DP  - 2015 Jul
TI  - Effect of massage on DOMS in ultramarathon runners: A pilot study.
PG  - 458-63
LID - S1360-8592(14)00194-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.11.008 [doi]
AB  - In recent years, the popularity of ultramarathons has increased. During these 
      competitions, musculoskeletal problems are very common. Among the more frequent 
      of those problems is the onset of muscle pain, which is defined in the literature 
      as delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). The present study aimed to collect 
      epidemiological data regarding the onset of musculoskeletal problems during the 
      Tor des Geants (International ultramarathon race of 330 km in length and 24,000 m 
      in elevation difference) and to describe the effects of massage on reducing pain 
      and overall perceived improvement in a sample of 25 athletes who complained of 
      DOMS. Two hundred and twenty-one treatments were performed on 220 ultramarathon 
      runners, of which 207 were males and 34 were females; the age group most 
      represented ranged from 40 to 50 years. The most common symptom was pain, which 
      occurred in more than 95% of cases, and the most affected area was the lower 
      extremities (90% of subjects). In the analysed subjects, treatment with massage 
      generated a significant (p < 0.0001) improvement. The numeric pain rating scale 
      (NPRS) value was 3.6 points on average (SD 2.1) after massage, and there were no 
      cases of worsening DOMS after massage as determined using the patient global 
      impression of change (PGIC). The values of minimal clinically important 
      difference (MCID) in DOMS management were calculated on the basis of the ROC 
      curves and two other anchor-based methods in the PGIC and were 2.8-3.9 points on 
      the NPRS. In the context analysed, massage was an effective treatment to reduce 
      DOMS during the onset of symptoms.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Visconti, Lorenzo
AU  - Visconti L
AD  - Studi Fisioterapici di Montagna, Italy. Electronic address: loppiski@gmail.com.
FAU - Capra, Gianpiero
AU  - Capra G
AD  - SUPSI Scuola Universitaria per la Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
FAU - Carta, Giacomo
AU  - Carta G
AD  - Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento di Milano, Italy.
FAU - Forni, Corrado
AU  - Forni C
AD  - Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
FAU - Janin, Denise
AU  - Janin D
AD  - Studi Fisioterapici di Montagna, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20141124
PL  - United States
TA  - J Bodyw Mov Ther
JT  - Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
JID - 9700068
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Massage/*methods
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Muscle, Skeletal/*physiology
MH  - Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Myalgia/etiology/*therapy
MH  - Pain Management/methods
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Running/*physiology
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Treatment Outcome
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - DOMS
OT  - Massage
OT  - Ultramarathons
EDAT- 2015/06/30 06:00
MHDA- 2016/05/03 06:00
CRDT- 2015/06/30 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/10/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/11/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/05/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1360-8592(14)00194-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.11.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2015 Jul;19(3):458-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.11.008. Epub 
      2014 Nov 24.