Bartík Peter, Pacholek Martin
GSD/Health and Physical Education Department, Sport Sciences and Diagnostic Research Group, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Heliyon. 2024 Oct 21;10(20):e39619. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39619. eCollection 2024 Oct 30.
Recently, the usage of percussive vibration machines in physiotherapy and sports has increased rapidly. Numerous manufacturers claim they can enhance physical performance. However, there is minimal peer-reviewed research on their efficacy. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of percussion massage (PM) on muscular performance, particularly explosive strength and balance. Moreover, this is the first study to evaluate the potential PM impact on balance.
18 young male participants aged 20.89 ± 3.43 years with a BMI of 25.08 ± 3.95 completed three measurements with two interventions - PM by Theragun device (TG), activation massage (AM), and assessment without activation (WA). The targeted area was m. triceps surae, hamstrings, and m. quadriceps femoris of the dominant leg. Single-leg squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump (CMJ), and Y-balance tests (YBT) were performed. One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA was utilized to analyze the data. The level significance threshold was set to p ≤ 0.05.
No statistically significant difference was reported between TG, AM, and WA in the height of the squat jump and countermovement jump (p > 0.05). Furthermore, no significant changes were recorded in the YBT performance score (p > 0.05).
No improvement was reported in the monitored physical parameters when the PM by Theragun or manual AM was applied for 90 s right before the muscular performance. Therefore, we do not recommend the short-term stimulative application of PM and AM before athletic performance when lower limb explosive strength or balance improvements are the objective.
最近，冲击振动机器在物理治疗和体育运动中的使用迅速增加。众多制造商声称它们可以提高身体机能。然而，关于其功效的同行评审研究极少。因此，本研究旨在调查冲击按摩（PM）对肌肉机能的影响，特别是爆发力和平衡能力。此外，这是第一项评估PM对平衡能力潜在影响的研究。
18名年龄在20.89±3.43岁、体重指数为25.08±3.95的年轻男性参与者完成了三项测量，包括两种干预措施——使用Theragun设备进行的冲击按摩（TG）、激活按摩（AM）以及无激活评估（WA）。目标区域为主腿的腓肠肌、腘绳肌和股四头肌。进行了单腿深蹲跳（SJ）、反向纵跳（CMJ）和Y平衡测试（YBT）。采用单向重复测量方差分析来分析数据。显著性水平阈值设定为p≤0.05。
在深蹲跳和反向纵跳的高度方面，TG、AM和WA之间未报告有统计学显著差异（p>0.05）。此外，YBT表现得分也未记录到显著变化（p>0.05）。
在肌肉机能测试前90秒应用Theragun进行的PM或手动AM，所监测的身体参数并无改善。因此，当目标是提高下肢爆发力或平衡能力时，我们不建议在运动表现前短期刺激应用PM和AM。
