Homoeopathy for delayed onset muscle soreness: a randomised double blind placebo controlled trial
| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Einsatz homoeopathischer Mittel gegen Muskelkater: eine randomisierte, doppeltblinde, placebokontrollierte Untersuchung |
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| Autor: | Vickers, A.J.; Fisher, P.; Smith, C.; Wyllie, S.E.; Lewith, G.T. |
| Erschienen in: | British journal of sports medicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 31 (1997), 4, S. 304-307, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0306-3674, 1473-0480 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199802209751 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Objective: To pilot a model for determining whether a homoeopathic medicine is superior to placebo for delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Design: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. Setting: Physiotherapy department of a homoeopathic hospital. Subjects: Sixty eight healthy volunteers (average age 30; 41% men) undertook a 10 minute period of bench stepping carrying a small weight and were randomised to a homoeopathic medicine or placebo. Outcome measures: Mean muscle soreness in the five day period after the exercise test, symptom free days, maximum soreness score, days to no soreness, days on medication. Results: The difference between group means was 0.17 in favour of placebo with 95% confidence intervals +/-0.50. Similar results were found for other outcome measures. Conclusion: This study did not find benefit of the homoeopathic remedy in DOMS. Bench stepping may not be an appropriate model to evaluate the effects of a treatment on DOMS because of wide variation between subjects soreness scores. Verf.-Referat