Acute Effect of Foot Reflexology Massage on Heart Rate Variability and Arterial Pulse Waveform

Foot reflexology treatment provides acute and chronic effects on cardiovascular and hemodynamic functions. However, no information is available to us in regarding the treatment effect of foot reflexology after exercise. This study investigated the acute effect of foot reflexology treatment on heart rate variability after anaerobic-based and aerobic-based intermittent exercises.

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Key information

Conditions

Massage Aerobic Exercise Anaerobic Exercise

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

The sympathetic activation and sympathy-vagal balance after repeat sprint performance can be immediately modulated by foot reflexology massage. The acute benefits of foot reflexology intervention on cardiac sympathovagal balance can be considered as exercise recovery strategies in sports.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Undertake football/futsal training at least 3 times a week
Age between 18 and 30 years old

Exclusion criteria

History of severe neuromuscular injury
Current lower extremity injury
Current neurological diseases

Treatment and study plan

Foot reflexology massage

Other

Foot reflexology technique of Father Josef was used as massage intervention

Primary outcomes

Heart rate variability

Time frame: immediately following intervention phase

15 minutes resting electrocardiographic record at baseline and post-intervention phase

Secondary outcomes

Arterial pulse waveform

Time frame: immediately following intervention phase

15 minutes resting arterial plethysmographic waveform at baseline and post-intervention phase

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Taipei

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Foot Reflexology Massage on Heart Rate Variability and Arterial Pulse Waveform After Yo Yo Intermittent Recovery Test and Repeated Sprint Test

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Jan 30, 2019
Registry last updated: Jan 30, 2019

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