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https://doi.org/10.25035/jsmahs.09.03.02

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of active recovery, electrical stimulation, cupping therapy, and sequential compression for decreasing blood lactate in collegiate pitchers after pitching. Methods: 20 healthy collegiate baseball pitchers consented to participate in this study as a convenience sample (age 21.6 ± 1.90 years; height 175.61 ± 21.41 cm; mass 80.33 ± 8.07 kg). A total of 17 participants completed the study. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of the four interventions and rotated between interventions in one-week increments. The interventions used were active recovery, electrical stimulation, cupping therapy, and sequential compression. The effectiveness of active recovery, electrical stimulation, cupping therapy, and sequential compression for decreasing blood lactate in collegiate pitchers after pitching was assessed using a factorial repeated measures ANOVA (with two within-subject factors: treatment and time of measurement). The assumption for sphericity was examined based on Mauchly’s test, and where the assumption was violated ANOVA output was assessed based on Greenhouse-Geisse’s correction (For epsilon 0.75). Post-hoc pairwise analyses with Bonferroni corrections were performed for statistically significant findings, with all assessments based on the 5% significance level. Results: While blood lactate levels increased with active recovery (mean difference = 0.7120 p=0.57), there were statistically significant decreases immediately after the intervention for sequential (mean difference =-2.64, p=0.03) and cupping therapy (mean difference =--2.94, p Conclusion: Blood lactate levels decreased in the period immediately following pitching with the use of cupping and sequential compression. These benefits were not seen with active recovery and electrical stimulation.

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