Massage It Out: Physiological Responses to a Percussive Therapy Device Used Intra-Resistance Exercise
<p>Flow diagram of participant recruitment and randomization.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Picture of (<b>a</b>) single-arm biceps curls and (<b>b</b>) single-leg quadriceps extensions.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Vigorous Innovations percussive therapy device used in the present study. The device comes with three attachments: (1). Large Ball: for large core muscles; (2). Medium Ball: for small core muscles; (3). Cone: for deep tissue. The present study used the depicted “Medium Ball” for all conditions.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Number of sets completed, which can be compared for Condition and Exercise effects.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Number of repetitions completed, which can be compared for Condition and Exercise effects.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Pre-Exercise
1.2. Post-Exercise
1.3. Intra-Exercise
1.4. Percussive Therapy Frequency and Duration
1.5. Purpose
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Sample Size Calculation
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Experimental Conditions
2.5. Device
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sets
3.2. Repetitions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Greene, D.R.; Ruiz-Ramie, J.J.; Craig-Jones, A. Massage It Out: Physiological Responses to a Percussive Therapy Device Used Intra-Resistance Exercise. Muscles 2024, 3, 166-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles3020015
Greene DR, Ruiz-Ramie JJ, Craig-Jones A. Massage It Out: Physiological Responses to a Percussive Therapy Device Used Intra-Resistance Exercise. Muscles. 2024; 3(2):166-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles3020015
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreene, Daniel R., Jonathan J. Ruiz-Ramie, and Andrew Craig-Jones. 2024. "Massage It Out: Physiological Responses to a Percussive Therapy Device Used Intra-Resistance Exercise" Muscles 3, no. 2: 166-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles3020015
APA StyleGreene, D. R., Ruiz-Ramie, J. J., & Craig-Jones, A. (2024). Massage It Out: Physiological Responses to a Percussive Therapy Device Used Intra-Resistance Exercise. Muscles, 3(2), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles3020015