Effects of Muscle Flossing on Quadriceps Muscle Potentiation

NCT ID: NCT05094713

Last Updated: 2022-10-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 19 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-07-20
• Study Completion Date: 2021-10-15

Brief Summary

Tissue flossing involves wrapping a thick rubber band around a joint or muscle, which can partially occlude blood flow. In practice, it is often used while concomitantly performing a range of motion exercises (ROM) for 1 to 3 minutes in duration. The mechanisms involved in tissue flossing with a floss band may be similar to those involved in ischemic preconditioning. Previous results would support the use of tissue flossing on ROM, while there are no clear conclusions on post-activation effects on sports-related performance and muscle contractile properties. This may be attributed to the different methodologies used in the studies. Therefore, the time course associated with tissue flossing benefits remains to be investigated.

Detailed Description

Nowadays, various methods are used for acute performance enhancement. The most recent of these is tissue flossing, which is becoming increasingly popular for both performance enhancement and rehabilitation. However, the effects of flossing on athletic performance have not been clearly demonstrated, which could be due to differences in the methodology used. In particular, the rest periods between the end of the preconditioning activity and the performance of the criterion task or assessment tools varied considerably in the published literature. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of applying tissue flossing to the thigh on bilateral countermovement jump performance and contractile properties of vastus lateralis (VL) muscle. Nineteen recreational athletes (11 males; aged 23.1 ± 2.7 years) were randomly assigned to days of flossing application (3 sets for 2 min of flossing with 2 min rest between sets) with preset experimental pressure (EXP = 95 ± 17.4 mmHg) or control condition (CON = 18.9 ± 3.5 mmHg). The first part of the measurements was performed before and after warm-up consisting of 5 min of cycling followed by dynamic stretching and specific jumping exercises, while the second part consisted of six measurement points after flossing application (0.5, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 min).

Conditions

Ischemia; Placebo - Control

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Flossing - control

Control group where flossing wrapping pressure is between 20 and 30 mmHg

Group Type: OTHER

Low wrapping pressure

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control group where flossing wrapping pressure is between 20 and 30 mmHg

Flossing with medium wrapping pressure

A flossing band will be applied over tight musculature with medium wrapping pressure

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Flossing experimental group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Flossing of the tight muscles with medium wrapping pressure, which is individualized in based on the tight circumference of the participant.

Interventions

Flossing experimental group

Flossing of the tight muscles with medium wrapping pressure, which is individualized in based on the tight circumference of the participant.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Low wrapping pressure

Control group where flossing wrapping pressure is between 20 and 30 mmHg

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Muscle flossing; CONTROL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy and physically active individuals
• without a history of lower limb injuries and/or surgeries at least 1 year prior to investigation.

Exclusion Criteria

• neuromuscular and metabolic disorders;
• the presence of acute and/or chronic pain
• alcohol and drug consumption etc.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Ljubljana

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Science and Research Centre Koper

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Armin Paravlic, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

SRC Koper and Faculty of Sport

Locations

Science and Research centre Koper

Koper, , Slovenia

Countries

Slovenia

References

Paravlic AH, Segula J, Drole K, Hadzic V, Pajek M, Vodicar J. Tissue Flossing Around the Thigh Does Not Provide Acute Enhancement of Neuromuscular Function. Front Physiol. 2022 Apr 27;13:870498. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.870498. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 35574482 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.870498/full

Published article

Other Identifiers

MFPAP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id