Tokyo, May 30 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061727) titled 'Acute Effects of Cupping Applied to the Lower Leg on Ankle Dorsiflexion Range of Motion and Muscle-Fascial Stiffness' on May 29.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Cross-over Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -but assessor(s) are blinded Control - No treatment

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Waseda University

Condition: Condition - Muscle and fascial stiffness and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion in healthy adults Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To investigate the acute effects of cupping applied to the posterior lower leg on muscle and fascial stiffness, ankle dorsiflexion range of motion, and lower leg muscle activity during passive dorsiflexion in healthy adults Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Moving cupping applied to the posterior lower leg using a silicone cup. With the participant in the prone position, lotion was applied to the skin surface, and the cup was manually compressed to generate negative pressure and repeatedly slid in a proximal-to-distal direction along the muscle fiber orientation of the medial gastrocnemius. Duration: 1 minute per session; frequency: once per condition. Interventions/Control_2 - Five minutes of supine rest without any cupping intervention, serving as a control condition to account for the effect of time passage. No intervention applied; performed once per condition.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 18 years-old

Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Healthy university or graduate school students Aged 18 years or older and under 30 years No history of orthopedic injury in the lower limb (muscle, tendon, joint capsule, or ligament injury; peripheral neuropathy) No neurological abnormality Ability to understand the study content and provide written informed consent Key exclusion criteria - History of orthopedic injury in the lower limb Neurological disorders Skin disease, skin hypersensitivity, or open wound at the intervention site Blood coagulation disorder or use of anticoagulant medication Pain at the measurement or intervention site Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent Target Size - 10

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 12 Month 31 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 05 Month 29 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 07 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070213

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