{"id":828,"date":"2025-11-12T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/?page_id=828"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:01:58","slug":"effects-of-adding-post-workout-microcurrent-in-male-cross-country-athletes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/effects-of-adding-post-workout-microcurrent-in-male-cross-country-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects Of Adding Post-Workout Microcurrent In Male Cross-Country Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mpa-25 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c093c20f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Effects Of Adding Post-Workout Microcurrent In Male Cross-Country Athletes<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Post-exercise microcurrent based treatments have shown to optimise exercise-induced adaptations in athletes. We compared the effects of endurance training in combination with either, a microcurrent or a sham treatment, on endurance performance. Additionally, changes in body composition, post-exercise lactate kinetics and perceived delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS) were determined. Eighteen males (32.8\u2009\u00b1\u20096.3 years) completed an 8-week endurance training programme involving 5 to 6 workouts per week wearing a microcurrent (MIC, n=9) or a sham (SH, n=9) device for 3-h post-workout or in the morning during non-training days. Measurements were conducted at pre- and post-intervention. Compared to baseline, both groups increased (P\u2009&lt;\u20090.01) maximal aerobic speed (MIC, pre\u2009=\u200917.6\u2009\u00b1\u20091.3 to post=18.3\u2009\u00b1\u20091.0; SH, pre=17.8\u2009\u00b1\u20091.5 to post\u2009=\u200918.3\u2009\u00b1\u20091.3 km.h\u22121) with no changes in V\u02d9V\u02d9O2peak. No interaction effect per group and time was observed (P=0.193). Although both groups increased (P\u2009&lt;\u20090.05) trunk lean mass (MIC, pre=23.2\u2009\u00b1\u20092.7 to post=24.2\u2009\u00b1\u20092.0; SH, pre=23.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.7 to post=24.3\u2009\u00b1\u20091.6 kg) only MIC decreased (pre=4.8\u2009\u00b1\u20091.5 to post=4.5\u2009\u00b1\u20091.5, p=0.029) lower body fat. At post-intervention, no main differences between groups were observed for lactate kinetics over the 5 min recovery period. Only MIC decreased (P&lt;0.05) DOMS at 24-h and 48-h, showing a significant average lower DOMS score over 72-h after the completion of the exercise-induced muscle soreness protocol. In conclusion, a 3-h daily application of microcurrent over an 8-week endurance training programme produced no further benefits on performance in endurance-trained males. Nonetheless, the post-workout microcurrent application promoted more desirable changes in body composition and attenuated the perception of DOMS over 72-h post-exercise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effects Of Adding Post-Workout Microcurrent In Male Cross-Country Athletes Post-exercise microcurrent based treatments have shown to optimise exercise-induced adaptations in athletes. We compared the effects of endurance training in combination with either, a microcurrent or a sham treatment, on endurance performance. Additionally, changes in body composition, post-exercise lactate kinetics and perceived delayed onset of muscle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-828","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcmicrotech.com\/arcequine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}