CompletedNot Applicable

The Effect of Brief Skin Cooling on Isometric Muscle Strength

Turkey (Türkiye)15 participantsStarted 2023-04-10

Plain-language summary

There is sympathetic innervation of the muscular spindle. The application of cold to the skin provides an increase in sympathetic activity. In rehabilitation practice, short-term local cold is applied to the skin to provide motor facilitation. The aim of this study was to examine whether short-term local cold application provides an increase in isometric contractile strength and, if so, whether this effect is related to muscle spindle activity.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 45 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being healthy * Being a young adult (20-45 years old) * Volunteer Exclusion Criteria: * Scar, dermatitis, etc. in the skin tissue where the surface electromyography electrode will be placed * Upper extremity bone and joint disease, history of neuromuscular disease * Heart disease, Hypertension * Cold intolerance

What they're measuring

Heart rate

Timeframe: during procedure

Soleus H-reflex amplitude

Timeframe: during procedure

Soleus V-wave amplitude

Timeframe: during procedure

Maximum isometric muscle strength

Timeframe: during procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06079437

SponsorIstanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-04-20

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