The effect of ice massage and passive stretching on reducing delayed onset muscle soreness in the gastrocnemius muscles in view of gender

Purpose: This study aims to find out about the effect of ice massage and passive stretching on reducing delayed onset muscle soreness in the gastrocnemius muscles in view of gender Material and Method: The sample used in this study was 100, which consisted of UTP Surakarta students obtained by purposive random sampling technique. Statistical analysis was carried out on the initial results of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness after training and the final results of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness after being given ice massage and passive stretching treatment to male and female students. The results of statistical analysis were carried out using the SPSS version 25 program. Results: From the results of the study, it was shown that the decrease in DOMS by giving ice massage had a decrease that was different from the decrease in DOMS by giving passive stretching. This is evidenced by the Significance value of .036 <0.05 (p<0.05). Which means that giving ice massage has a decrease in DOMS which is different from giving passive stretching which can be accepted. From the results of the study, it was shown that the decrease in delayed onset muscle soreness by giving ice massage had a decrease that was different from the decrease in delayed onset muscle soreness by giving passive stretching. This is evidenced by the Significance value of 0.036 < 0.05 (p < 0.05). Which means that giving ice massage has a decrease in delayed onset muscle soreness which is different from giving passive stretching which can be accepted. The results of the study showed that the interaction between the ice massage method and passive stretching in terms of male and female gender was very significant. From the analysis of variance, the p-value = 0.00 < 0.05 was obtained. Which means there is an interaction between the ice massage and passive stretching methods with differences in male and female gender towards a decrease in Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Conclusions: The conclusion in this study is giving ice massage has a decrease in Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness which is different from giving passive stretching which can be accepted.