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SPORTS MASSAGE RESEARCH PROTOCOLS AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS
| Title: | SPORTS MASSAGE RESEARCH PROTOCOLS AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS. |
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| Name(s): |
Kest, Amber, Author Valdes, Anna, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2015 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The purpose of this study was to determine which MT techniques current licensed massage therapists practicing sports massage are using to treat delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by conducting an anonymous online survey of practicing sports massage therapists. The secondary purpose was to determine if previous sports massage research protocols match current practices in sports massage to treat DOMS. There were 85 anonymous respondents ranging in age from 24 to 74 years with a mean age of 44.5 years. Participants included 55 female (65.5%) and 29 male (34.5%) therapists. Professional experience ranged from 4 years or less to more than 20 years, and the majority reported having training specific to sports massage. Previous research methods have placed an overwhelming emphasis on effleurage and petrissage in the treatment protocols to test the effects of massage on DOMS. However, practicing therapists rely on many more techniques and modalities when giving sports massage treatments for DOMS. On a scale of 1 to 5 respondents rated the importance of effleurage strokes in their sports massage treatment at 3.3, petrissage strokes averaged 3.4, friction 3.3, and tapotement ranked slightly lower with a weighted average of 2.1. Sixty six percent of respondents reported that they use stretching techniques often or always. Myofascial release techniques are used sometimes or often for 65% of the respondents, but fewer utilize manual lymphatic drainage in their sports massage. Additional techniques besides those mentioned in the survey are used by 64% of the respondents. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0004846 (IID), ucf:45476 (fedora) | |
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2015-08-01 B.S. Education, Dept. of Educational and Human Sciences Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
massage sports massage delayed onset muscle soreness DOMS massage research methods |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004846 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2016-08-01 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
