Massage in the prevention and treatment of delayed onset muscle soreness: an updated systematic review
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https://doi.org/10.24310/riccafd.2017.v6i3.6132Keywords:
massage, delayed onset muscle soreness, therapy, systematic reviewAbstract
Massage is one of the most widely used therapies for relieving delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of massage in the treatment of DOMS, for which a systematic review was carried out in the databases, Pubmed, Scopus, SportDiscus, Web of Science and the Google Scholar search engine using the words key words delayed onset muscle soreness and exercise induced muscle damage combined with massage. This study included 23 articles in which 78% showed a decrease in DOMS while in the remaining 22% there were no improvements or gotten worse. The analysis of these studies allows to conclude that massage is an effective therapy in the treatment of delayed onset muscle soreness.
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