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Effect Of Cupping Therapy On Respiratory Gas Exchange In Trained Endurance Runners, Maximilian Antush
Effect Of Cupping Therapy On Respiratory Gas Exchange In Trained Endurance Runners, Maximilian Antush
WWU Graduate School Collection
The objective of this study was to elucidate the effects of myofascial decompression through cupping therapy (CT) on running economy (RE) in well-trained runners. Five minutes of CT or placebo gel (PG) was applied to bilateral hip extensor muscles of 15 well-trained runners (n = 7 female, n = 8 male) after a 10-minute treadmill warm-up. Running economy was measured using two 6-minute steady-state treadmill runs, one at a standardized velocity (females = 3.93 m·s-1; males = 4.47 m·s-1) and the other at 10-km race velocity. Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) test followed the RE …