NCT04183816

Effect of Total Cold Water Immersion Vs Ice Massage Modalities

Completed NA Last updated 3 December 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Total cold-water immersion in Exercise-induced Muscle Damage in 60 participants. Completed in 20 January 2019.

Timeline

1 November 2018

Primary endpoint
20 January 2019

20 January 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Lebanese German University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	60
Start date	1 November 2018
Primary completion	20 January 2019
Estimated completion	20 January 2019
Sites	1 location across Lebanon

Drugs / interventions tested

• Total cold-water immersion
• Ice massage

Conditions studied

• Exercise-induced Muscle Damage — all drugs for Exercise-induced Muscle Damage →

Sponsor

Lebanese German University

Who can join

Adults 19 to 44, any sex, with Exercise-induced Muscle Damage. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Evidence regarding the effect of the therapeutic modalities on muscle recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) was lacking. Therefore, this study played a role in bridging this gap, where total cold-water immersion (TCWI) values return to baseline 72 h after the muscle damage protocol, regarding creatine kinase (CK) levels, power and strength, and delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS).

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Comparison of total cold-water immersion's effects to ice massage on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage.
   Fakhro MA, AlAmeen F, Fayad R. · · 2022 · cited 6× · PMID 35731373 · DOI 10.1186/s40634-022-00497-5