Physioacoustic therapy: placebo effect on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage

Physioacoustic therapy: placebo effect on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage

By Tiidus, P.M, , Markoulakis, R., Murray, D., Pamela J. Bryden, P.J, Ahonen-Eerikäinen, H. (2008)

Abstract

We evaluated claims that physioacoustic therapy can enhance muscle healing following damaging exercise. Untrained subjects were randomly assigned to control (C), placebo (P) or treatment (T) groups. All groups performed 70 eccentric triceps contractions followed by; no treatment (C), sham physioacoustic treatment (P), or actual physioacoustic therapy (T) on days 1-4 post-exercise. Muscle soreness and isometric and concentric triceps peak torque were determined pre-exercise and on days 1-4 and 7 post-exercise. The T group received physioacoustic therapy for 30 min/day on the treatment days. The P group believed they received physioacoustic therapy, although the chairs, were turned off. Peak torques were depressed (P Keywords: muscle soreness, physioacoustic therapy, placebo effect, muscle damage

Citation:

Tiidus, P.M, , Markoulakis, R., Murray, D., Pamela J. Bryden, P.J, Ahonen-Eerikäinen, H. (2008) 1Physioacoustic therapy: placebo effect on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage. Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis Vol. 13, pp. 117-128. (Toivo Jurimae Ed.).Tartu University Press. Estonia.