Ladriñán-Maestro Arturo, Sánchez-Infante Jorge, Martín-Vera Daniel, Del-Blanco-Múñiz Jose Angel, Domínguez-Balmaseda Diego, Guzmán-Pavón María José, Sánchez-Sierra Alberto
School for Doctoral Studies and Research, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Research Group on Exercise Therapy and Functional Rehabilitation, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Front Sports Act Living. 2024 Sep 4;6:1470057. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1470057. eCollection 2024.
Injury prevention and performance enhancement are paramount goals in sports. Myofascial Pain Syndrome, primarily caused by myofascial trigger points, can result in referred pain, stiffness, muscle shortening, and weakness. This study aimed to assess the impact of dry needling (DN) on latent myofascial trigger points on vertical jump performance in female volleyball players.
A single-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted with twenty-six healthy female volleyball players who had no lower limb injuries in the last six months, exhibited latent trigger points in the triceps surae muscles, and were familiar with the countermovement jump test. Participants were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group (which received a single DN session). Vertical jump performance variables, including jump height as the primary outcome, were assessed using a force platform at five time points: before the intervention, immediately post-treatment, 24 h post-treatment, 72 h post-treatment, and one-week post-intervention.
The experimental group showed significantly lower values for vertical jump height, flight time, velocity, strength, and power immediately after the needling intervention ( < 0.05). However, these values were significantly higher one-week post-intervention across all variables ( < 0.01). These findings indicate that DN initially decreases jumping performance, but improvements are observed one week after the intervention. In the comparison between groups, the experimental group exhibited higher values at the one-week follow-up for vertical jump height, flight time, speed, and power compared to the control group ( < 0.05).
DN appears to be an effective technique for improving vertical jump performance in female volleyball players one week after its application.
ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier (NCT06184672).
预防损伤和提高运动表现是体育领域的首要目标。肌筋膜疼痛综合征主要由肌筋膜触发点引起，可导致牵涉痛、僵硬、肌肉缩短和无力。本研究旨在评估干针疗法（DN）对女排运动员垂直纵跳表现中潜在肌筋膜触发点的影响。
对26名健康的女排运动员进行了一项单盲随机对照临床试验，这些运动员在过去六个月内没有下肢损伤，在腓肠肌中表现出潜在触发点，并且熟悉反向纵跳测试。参与者被随机分为对照组或实验组（接受单次DN治疗）。使用测力平台在五个时间点评估垂直纵跳表现变量，包括作为主要结果的纵跳高度：干预前、治疗后即刻、治疗后24小时、治疗后72小时和干预后一周。
针刺干预后即刻，实验组的垂直纵跳高度、飞行时间、速度、力量和功率值显著降低（<0.05）。然而，干预后一周所有变量的值均显著更高（<0.01）。这些结果表明，DN最初会降低跳跃表现，但在干预一周后观察到改善。在组间比较中，与对照组相比，实验组在一周随访时的垂直纵跳高度、飞行时间、速度和功率值更高（<0.05）。
DN似乎是一种在应用一周后可有效提高女排运动员垂直纵跳表现的技术。
ClinicalTrials.gov，标识符（NCT06184672）。
