Acute Effect of Foot Reflexology Massage on Heart Rate Variability and Arterial Pulse Waveform

NCT ID: NCT03821805

Last Updated: 2019-01-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-22

Study Completion Date

2017-06-13

Brief Summary

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Foot reflexology treatment provides acute and chronic effects on cardiovascular and hemodynamic functions. However, no information is available to us in regarding the treatment effect of foot reflexology after exercise. This study investigated the acute effect of foot reflexology treatment on heart rate variability after anaerobic-based and aerobic-based intermittent exercises.

Detailed Description

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The sympathetic activation and sympathy-vagal balance after repeat sprint performance can be immediately modulated by foot reflexology massage. The acute benefits of foot reflexology intervention on cardiac sympathovagal balance can be considered as exercise recovery strategies in sports.

Conditions

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Massage Anaerobic Exercise Aerobic Exercise

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Foot reflexology massage group

The duration of intervention was 30 min (15 min massage duration for each leg)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Foot reflexology massage

Intervention Type OTHER

Foot reflexology technique of Father Josef was used as massage intervention

Control group

Rest for 30 min

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Foot reflexology massage

Foot reflexology technique of Father Josef was used as massage intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Undertake football/futsal training at least 3 times a week
* Age between 18 and 30 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* History of severe neuromuscular injury
* Current lower extremity injury
* Current neurological diseases
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Taipei

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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YUNG-SHENG CHEN

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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UT-IRB-2016-017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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