Positive Health Online
Your Country
![[Image: http://www.abundanceandhealth.co.uk]](/img/original/BannerAvatar/2836.df7d2315253110ff5b3a566f94871f99.jpg "http://www.abundanceandhealth.co.uk")
![[Image: http://www.drsgoodman.com/books-goodman/52-nutrition-and-cancer]](/img/original/BannerAvatar/1859.1296090fd8385e7ceff51c8011559097.jpg "http://www.drsgoodman.com/books-goodman/52-nutrition-and-cancer")
Research: BUTTAGAT and COLLEAGUES,
Listed in Issue 310
Abstract
BUTTAGAT and COLLEAGUES, (1)Department of Physical Therapy, School of Integrative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand; (2)Department of Physical Therapy, School of Integrative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. : pattanasin.are@mfu.ac.th. conducted a single-blind randomised controlled trial to determine the effects of traditional Thai massage (TTM) on improving fatigue recovery and fatigue-related parameters of the gastrocnemius muscle after a heel-raise exercise.
Background
objective: To determine the effects of traditional Thai massage (TTM) on improving fatigue recovery and fatigue-related parameters of the gastrocnemius muscle after a heel-raise exercise.
Methodology
design: A single-blind randomised controlled trial. setting: Mae Fah Luang University Hospital, Thailand; participants: Fifty-four healthy participants were randomly assigned to two groups: TTM (n=27; 51.85% women; mean age 23.15±4.90 years; number of exercises/week: 4.78±1.58) and control (n=27; 59.26 % women; mean age 22.63±4.88 years; number of exercises/week: 4.48±1.25). interventions: After the participants performed a heel-raise exercise to induce fatigue of the gastrocnemius muscle, they received either 30 min of traditional Thai massage (TTM) to the gastrocnemius muscle or 30 min of control (29 min of rest and 1 min total gastrocnemius stretching). outcome measures: The outcome measures were the median frequency (MDF) of the electromyography signal, muscle power (MP) and feelings of muscle fatigue (FMF). All the outcome measures were evaluated before (T1) and after (T2) the fatigue-inducement protocol as well as immediately (T3), 1 h (T4) and 2h (T5) after the interventions.
Results
The results show that MDF and MP were significantly increased and FMF significantly decreased in both groups immediately after the interventions and at 1 h and 2h after the interventions (repeated measures ANOVA: p < .05). In the between-group comparisons, participants in the TTM group showed significantly greater improvement than those in the control group on all outcomes at all post-intervention assessment time points (T3, T4, T5), reflecting faster recovery from muscle fatigue (ANCOVA: p<.05).
Conclusion
Traditional Thai massage TTM proved an effective intervention for maximising recovery from fatigue of the gastrocnemius muscle. Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. Conflict of interest statement: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and publication of this article.
References
Buttagat V(1), Kluayhomthong S(1), Areeudomwong P(2). The influence of traditional Thai massage on recovery from gastrocnemius muscle fatigue: A single-blind randomised controlled trial. Complement Ther Med ;83:103056. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2024.103056. Epub
May 23 2024. Aug 2024.
