A Randomized Trial of Therapeutic Ultrasound on Pain, Tenderness, and Muscle Stiffness Using a High and Low Intensity Model of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.

Sharon Gabison, Ethne L Nussbaum

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Article in Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sharon GabisonFrom the: Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ethne L NussbaumDepartment of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At the time this research was performed, EL Nussbaum was also from the Department of Physical Therapy, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Abstract

Purpose: This study evaluated ultrasound effectiveness in an experimental model of soft tissue injury, and examined the model, delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), as a variable in the outcome. Methods: One hundred and twenty females completed 30 repetitions (low-DOMS) or 70 repetitions (high-DOMS) of eccentric contractions of biceps brachii muscles and received one of four protocols: no ultrasound (control), placebo ultrasound, or 3 MHz ultrasound, pulsed 20% duty cycle, at either 0.6 W Results: Pulsed ultrasound, 20% duty cycle, at 0.6 W Conclusion: The results have implications for ultrasound management of acute soft tissue injury and the use of DOMS as an experimental model for soft tissue inflammation.

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inflammationmyalgiasoft tissue injuryultrasonic therapy.

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PMID42079697

DOI10.3138/ptc-2023-0047

PMCPMC13134882

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