Sports massage with ozonised oil or non-ozonised oil: comparative effects on recovery parameters after maximal effort in cyclists
Paoli A, Bianco A, Battaglia G, et al. Physical Therapy in Sport, 2013.
- Study type
- Controlled trial (non-randomized)
- People studied
- 15 people
- Population
- Competitive amateur male cyclists
- Published
- 2013, Physical Therapy in Sport
- Identifiers
- PMID 23623301, DOI 10.1016/j.ptsp.2012.11.004
What the authors reported
In a within-subject comparison of 15 cyclists, sports massage with ozonised oil produced higher peak power and lower perceived fatigue after fatiguing exercise than massage without ozone or passive rest.
What limits this result
Topical ozonised massage oil, not autohemotherapy or EBO2; a small single-center sample measuring short-term performance rather than any clinical outcome.
Other ozone methods, such as major autohemotherapy, that clinics cite in support of EBO2. A result for one method does not transfer automatically to another. One study rarely settles a medical question; our guides weigh each paper against the rest of the evidence.
Where we cite this study
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