Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universitas Negeri Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Department of Physical Education and Health Recreation, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universitas Negeri Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Med Arch. 2023 Feb;77(1):24-28. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2023.77.24-28.
Physical exercise is a systematic exercise to increase muscle strength achieve goals such as improving the athlete's physical and preventing injury. Athletes must do is massage therapy to prevent muscle fatigue and pain due to physical exercise or during competition. The increase of lactic acid levels affects the maximum working ability of muscle fibers, decreases physical performance, and is fatigue in which the onset of pain. Lime essential oil as a topical oil contains high ester substances that have pharmacological effects such as natural analgesic effects to relieve pain.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of massage therapy with lime essential oil as a topical oil on the recovery of delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in athletes.
The participants are boxing athletes, 30 men, 20-22 years old, and non-smokers. Participants were divided into three groups. The exercise group (E) was doing exercises and was not given massage therapy; the exercise massage (EM) group, namely, doing exercises and being massaged with ordinary lotion as a topical oil; and the EM lime (EMC) group did exercises and was given a massage with lime essential oil as the topical oil.
The results showed that there was a significant difference in the average levels of lactic acid (p = 0.000) and the athlete's pain intensity (p = 0.000) in the three groups, namely, the exercise group (E), the exercise and massage group (EM), and the exercise and massage with lime essential oil (EMC).
This study finds that lime essential oil used as topical massage therapy oil is better for accelerating the DOMS.
体育锻炼是一种系统的运动，旨在增强肌肉力量，达到提高运动员身体素质和预防受伤的目的。运动员必须进行按摩疗法，以防止因体育锻炼或比赛中肌肉疲劳和疼痛。乳酸水平的增加会影响肌肉纤维的最大工作能力，降低身体表现，并导致疲劳和疼痛的发生。莱姆精油作为一种局部用精油，含有高酯物质，具有药理学作用，如天然镇痛作用，可缓解疼痛。
本研究旨在确定莱姆精油作为局部用精油进行按摩疗法对运动员延迟性肌肉酸痛（DOMS）恢复的影响。
参与者为拳击运动员，共 30 人，年龄 20-22 岁，不吸烟。参与者被分为三组。运动组（E）进行运动，但不进行按摩治疗；运动按摩（EM）组，即进行运动，并使用普通乳液作为局部用精油进行按摩；以及 EM 莱姆（EMC）组进行运动，并使用莱姆精油作为局部用精油进行按摩。
结果表明，三组参与者的平均乳酸水平（p=0.000）和运动员疼痛强度（p=0.000）存在显著差异，即运动组（E）、运动和按摩组（EM）以及运动和莱姆精油按摩组（EMC）。
本研究发现，莱姆精油作为局部按摩治疗油，能更好地加速 DOMS 的恢复。
