Efficacy of the Most Commonly Used Physiotherapeutic Treatments for Acute Lower Limb Fatigue in Athletes

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Participants received one session per week, until a total of 20 sessions were completed: Group 1 (n=20) received the muscle compression treatment. Group 2 (n=20) received the manual massage treatment. Group 3 (n=20) received the hydrotherapy treatment and group 4 (n=20) received the active recovery treatment.

The usual descriptive parameters (mean and standard deviation) of the sample were calculated. The distribution and analysis of the other data were performed by means of a nonparametric test (Mann-Whitney U test) comparing the groups. A confidence level of 95% was established, considering a value of p\<0.05 as statistically significant.