The Effect of Mechanical Massage on Lower Extremities as Passive Recovery to the Leg Muscle Strength After Plyometrics Training

Abstract

The aim of the studyis to observe the influence ofmechanical massage on lower extremities muscles to speed up the recovery after physical training. A quasi-experimental design was conducted by giving treatment to the samples of 20 football athletes of UNP using purposive sampling technique. Selected samples have to do the plyometrics training, and testing of the legmuscle strenght was conducted (pre-test). After the exercise, the samples were given passive recovery treatment in the form of local massage on the lower leg muscles and the leg muscle strength test was taken using leg dynamometer.The data analyzed by using t-test. Based on data analysis leg muscle strength before doing plyometrics training was 151.2 kg, and after exercise plyometrics (post-test) was124.15 kg. After given a treatment in the form of massage lower extremities and leg muscle strength measured again(posttest) the average of leg muscle strength was 127.65 kg. From the data analysis it can be concluded that: there are significant differences between pretest and posttest massage of the lower extremities as a passive recovery of the leg muscle strength after plyometrics workout at significance level α = 0.05.