The Effectiveness of Soft Tissue Release for Healing Lower Limb Injury

B. M. Wara Kushartanti, Rachmah Laksmi Ambardini, Bambang Priyonoadi, Ali Satiagraha

2019

Abstract

Soft tissue release massage has been widely applied for injury rehabilitation. The massage aims to eliminate muscle tension that precedes or follows the injury. It is not yet known how effective it is in healing injuries, especially lower extremity injuries that often occur. With this rationale, this study examines the effectiveness of the massage method in healing lower extremity injuries. The Quasi Experiment Method was used in this study with 20 research subjects with subacute and chronic lower limb injuries. Lower extremity injuries that occur can be caused by strains, ankle sprain, knee sprain, or lower pelvic sprain. Convenience Random Sampling will be used to recruit subjects, which is preceded by the signing of informed consent after being given sufficient explanation. Before and after treatment, all patients would assess the degree of pain with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and its level of function with Lower Limb Functional Scale (LLFS). The collected ordinal data is processed by a different non-parametric test after it has been described. The results showed that Soft Tissue Release massage can reduce pain and improve function significantly (p = 0,000), with the effectiveness of 61.1% for pain and 24.7% for improvement in lower limb function.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kushartanti B., Ambardini R., Priyonoadi B. and Satiagraha A. (2019). The Effectiveness of Soft Tissue Release for Healing Lower Limb Injury.In Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS, ISBN 978-989-758-457-2, pages 557-559. DOI: 10.5220/0009797305570559

in Bibtex Style

@conference{yishpess and cois19,
author={B. M. Wara Kushartanti and Rachmah Laksmi Ambardini and Bambang Priyonoadi and Ali Satiagraha},
title={The Effectiveness of Soft Tissue Release for Healing Lower Limb Injury},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS,},
year={2019},
pages={557-559},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009797305570559},
isbn={978-989-758-457-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS,
TI - The Effectiveness of Soft Tissue Release for Healing Lower Limb Injury
SN - 978-989-758-457-2
AU - Kushartanti B.
AU - Ambardini R.
AU - Priyonoadi B.
AU - Satiagraha A.
PY - 2019
SP - 557
EP - 559
DO - 10.5220/0009797305570559