Ogai R, Yamane M, Matsumoto T and Kosaka M
Objective: Petrissage is assumed to influence circulation as well as interstitial drainage of both superficial and deep tissues. To study its effect it was applied between consecutive bouts of supra-maximal exercise performed by the lower leg muscles. Methods: Subjects were 11 healthy female students actively engaged in sports. Exercise bouts of ergometer cycling at loads determined individually (0.75 kp x body weight [kg]) for 5 sec repeated 8-times at intervals of 20 sec had to be performed twice on an experimental day with 35 min intermittent bed rest. Each subject was investigated on two occasions with a minimum interval of one week, once without (control, CO) and once with 10 min petrissage (massage, MA) of the exercising lower leg during the bed rest phase. Effects of exercise bouts on blood lactate, muscle stiffness and perceived lower-limb fatigue and their recovery before and after the second exercise bout were determined. Result: For the first exercise bouts total power did not differ between MA and CO. Courses of blood lactate did not differ between MA and CO. However, recovery from measured muscle stiffness (P < 0.05) and perceived lower-limb fatigure (P < 0.05) were more pronounced and total power during the second exercise bout was enhanced (P < 0.01) in MA as compared to CO subjects.
Conclusion: Petrissage improved cycle ergometer pedaling performance independent of blood lactate but in correlation with improved recovery from muscle stiffness and perceived lower-limb fatigue.
British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published Online First: 2 April 2008.
doi:10.1136/bjsm.2007.044396
Filed under: Cycling, Massage, Petrissage, Recovery massage
A Robertson, J Watt, and S Galloway
Background: The effect of massage on recovery from high intensity exercise is debatable. Many studies on massage suffer from methodological flaws such as poor standardisation of previous exercise, lack of dietary control, and inappropriate massage duration. Objective: To examine the effects of leg massage compared with passive recovery on lactate clearance, muscular power output, and fatigue characteristics after repeated high intensity cycling exercise, with the conditions before the intervention controlled and standardised. Methods: Nine male games players participated. They attended the laboratory on two occasions one week apart and at the same time of day. Dietary intake and activity were replicated for the two preceding days on each occasion. After baseline measurement of heart rate and blood lactate concentration, subjects performed a standardised warm up on the cycle ergometer. This was followed by six standardised 30 second high intensity exercise bouts, interspersed with 30 seconds of active recovery. After five minutes of active recovery and either 20 minutes of leg massage or supine passive rest, subjects performed a second standardised warm up and a 30 second Wingate test. Capillary blood samples were drawn at intervals, and heart rate, peak power, mean power, and fatigue index were recorded. Results: There were no significant differences in mean power during the initial high intensity exercise bouts (p = 0.92). No main effect of massage was observed on blood lactate concentration between trials (p = 0.82) or heart rate (p = 0.81). There was no difference in the maximum power (p = 0.75) or mean power (p = 0.66) in the subsequent Wingate test, but a significantly lower fatigue index was observed in the massage trial (p = 0.04; mean (SD) fatigue index 30.2 (4.1)% v 34.2 (3.3)%).
Conclusions: No measurable physiological effects of leg massage compared with passive recovery were observed on recovery from high intensity exercise, but the subsequent effect on fatigue index warrants further investigation.
Br J Sports Med. 2004 April; 38(2): 173–176.
doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.003186.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Caruso, JF and Coday, MA
Although massage administered between workouts has been suggested to improve recovery and subsequent performance, its application between bouts of repetitive supramaximal anaerobic efforts within a given workout has received little attention. The purpose of the study compared different forms of very short rest periods administered between resistance exercise sets of individual workouts on subsequent performance. With a within-subjects design methodology, subjects (n = 30) performed three workouts that were identical in terms of the exercises (45[degrees] leg press, prone leg curl, seated shoulder press, standing barbell curl), number of sets, and the resistance employed. For each workout, subjects received one of the following treatments between sets: 1 minute of rest as they stood upright, 30 seconds of rest as they stood upright, or 30 seconds of concurrent massage and body part elevation (MBPE), which entailed petrassage of the exercised limbs in a raised and supported position in an attempt to abate fatigue and enhance recovery from the previous set. Subjects were instructed to perform as many repetitions as possible for each set. For each exercise, two dependent variables were calculated: a total work/elapsed time ratio and the cumulative number of repetitions performed. For each exercise, one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance and Tukey’s post hoc test revealed the following total work/elapsed time results: 1 minute rest <30 seconds’ rest, 30 seconds’ MBPE. For each exercise, cumulative repetition results were as follows: 1 minute rest >30 seconds’ rest, 30 seconds’ MBPE. Results imply that rest period duration exerts more influence on resistance exercise performance than MBPE. Those who seek improved resistance exercise performance should pay particular attention to rest period durations.
Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 22(2):575-582, March 2008.
Filed under: Massage, Recovery massage, Resistance exercises, Uncategorized
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Arroyo-Morales M, Olea N, Martinez M, Moreno-Lorenzo C, Díaz-Rodríguez L, Hidalgo-Lozano A.
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OBJECTIVE: The usefulness of massage as a recovery method after high-intensity
exercise has yet to be established. We aimed to investigate the effects
of whole-body massage on heart rate variability (HRV) and blood
pressure (BP) after repeated high-intensity cycling exercise under
controlled and standardized pretest conditions. The study
included 62 healthy active individuals.
RESULTS: After the exercise protocol, both groups showed
a significant decrease in normal-to-normal interval, HRV index,
diastolic BP (P > .001).
CONCLUSION: Myofascial release massage favors the recovery
of HRV and diastolic BP after high-intensity exercise (3 Wingate tests)
to preexercise levels.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 3,
March 2008,
Pages 217-223
doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.02.009
Filed under: Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Myofascial release
