Background: Local high-frequency percussive (HFP) massage has recently found
widespread application in physical therapy. Although HFP massage reportedly improves …

Recently, percussive massage (PM) intervention using a handheld percussive massage
device, namely a massage gun, has been used as an easy way to perform vibration …

Handheld percussive massage treatment has gained popularity in recent years, for both
therapeutic use and in sports practice. It is used with the goals of increasing flexibility and …

BACKGROUND: Vibration therapy (VT) causes an increase in motor unit activation
tendency, an involuntary recruitment of earlier sedentary motor units, which increases the …

Handheld percussive therapy (PT) massage guns have seen a rapid rise in use and with-it
increased attention within injury prevention and sport performance settings. Early studies …

Background Massage is often applied with the intention of improving flexibility or reducing
stiffness in musculotendinous tissue. There is, however, a lack of supporting evidence that …

Background There is a lack of specific research on the effect of percussive therapy (PT)
delivered by massage guns on physiological adaptations. This systematic literature review …

Percussive vibratory massage has long been purported to offset the negative effects of
muscular exercise. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of this type of …

Percussive massage (PM) is an emerging recovery treatment despite the lack of research on
its effects post-eccentric exercise (post-EE). This study investigated the effects of PM …

The purpose of this study was to determine if three minutes of petrissage and tapotement
forms of massage would influence plantar flexors' flexibility, and muscle power. Nineteen …