Agus Supriyanto, Wawan Sundawan Suherman, Erwin Setyo Kriswanto, Yudik Prasetyo, Rachmah Laksmi Ambardini, Wara Kushartanti, Wazim Bachtiar Wanodyana, Gunatevan Elumalai, Taufiq Hidayah, Andry Akhiruyanto, Dewangga Yudhistira, La Ode Adhi Virama
Delayed onset muscle soreness is a process of adaptation from exercise that manifests as muscular discomfort. In general, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching and ice massage are used for prevention. Nevertheless, the combination of the two methods requires more empirical evidence. The objective of this research was to see how efficient a combination of stretching, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, and ice massage was at preventing delayed onset muscle soreness. The study method was an experiment using a pretest-posttest control group design. The data collection technique was observation and testing. In this research, the participants were 20 male sports students. Purposive sampling was the sampling technique used. The instruments used were a pain level questionnaire and a goniometer. The data obtained were analysed using the Wilcoxon test and the SPSS version 23 application. The findings of the research revealed that the combination of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and ice massage was effective in preventing delayed onset muscle soreness with pain, range of motion, and function scale indicators, particularly for decreasing tenderness, increasing knee range of motion, sitting standing function scale, climbing stairs, and squatting. Stretching, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, and ice massage might therefore be used to minimise delayed onset muscle soreness following exercise, particularly eccentric motions such as weight training. © 2023 by authors, all rights reserved.
Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Faculti Sains Sukan dan Kejurulatihan, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia; Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia; Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, Islamic State Institute of Kendari, Indonesia
