Accepted after revision: October 20, Publication Date: 07 August online. The aim of the current investigation was to evaluate the effect of different durations of massage, and ultrasound treatment, on the temperature of the vastus lateralis muscle in males. A 5-min period of ultrasound at 45 KHz was also completed by all subjects.
Intra muscular temperature at 1. Heart rate was monitored continuously throughout all conditions. Changes in muscle temperature at 1. No significant differences between massage treatments and ultrasound were noted when intra muscular temperature was measured at 3.
Increases in intra muscular temperature, heart rate and thigh skin temperature were the same irrespective of massage duration. These data suggest that massage and ultrasound have only limited effects on deep muscle temperature.
As a result such approaches may not be suitable as a preparation strategy for exercise. Drust livjm. Year Archive Chilean Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Download PDF. Also available at. PubMed Search in Google Scholar. Search in Google Scholar.
