Effect Of Moxibustion On Postoperative Muscle Delayed Pain (DOMS)

Objective: Delayed Onset muscle soreness (DOMS) affects daily physical activity andtrainning exercise, therefore it is necessary to quickly relieve this soreness. There aremany researchs in treating with DOMS at home and abroad,but the efficacies of thesetherapies are not clear. The purpose of this paper is to explore and then to provide atherapy on DOMS，which can be used for the recovery for DOMS in physical exercisesand training exercises, through experiment of moxibustion therapy on DOMS.Methods:50qualified volunteers were divided into two groups which are experimentalgroup(n=25,30min-treating at panpoint) and control group(n=25,30min-falsetreating atpanpoint) after baseline testing. Volunteers were Induced DOMS and measured VAS,maximum isometric muscle strength,circumference at immediately after theinduction,before and after24hours treat-pointtime,before and after48hourstreat-pointtime and72hours. Independent samples t test was used for data statisticalanalysis at last.Results:There were significant differences between experimental group and controlgroup at after24hours and72hours after DOMS induction on VAS scores.(p<0.05)Andthe mean of experimental group is less than that of control group.There are no significantdifferences between two groups on maximum isometric muscle strength andcircumference at all point-time.(p>0.05)Conclusion: Because of the complexity of pathogenesis and uncertainty on delayedonset muscle soreness (DOMS), moxibustion therapy does not fundamentally eliminatepain. But it is proved that moxibustion has a good effect on DOMS by experiment.