Peer-reviewed research
The Effect of Sports Massage and Acupressure on Lactic Acid Levels, Physical and Psychological Fatigue, and the Effect on Nurse Performance
The article reports outcomes for sports massage and manual acupressure in nurses, with sports massage more effective than acupressure for several measured outcomes. It did not study footwear, textured footbeds, or Bumpers products.
Research note
What the source studied or reported
- Publisher
- International Journal of Public Health Excellence
- Publication date
- 2023-12-31
- Authors
- Fika Indah Prasetya, Soetanto Hartono, Endang Sri Wahyuni, Heryanto Nur Muhammad, Eka Suryaning Tyas, Priyo Sasmito
- Peer-reviewed status
- yes
- Study or source design
- Quasi-experimental study with sports-massage, manual-acupressure, and control groups; the publisher reports total sampling and zigzag group assignment
- Sample size
- 30 nurses; 10 participants in each of three groups
- Population
- Nurses in the study setting described by the authors
- Intervention
- Sports massage or manual acupressure
- Comparator
- Control group and comparison between the two manual interventions
Interpretation
What it found, and what it did not study
The article reports outcomes for sports massage and manual acupressure in nurses, with sports massage more effective than acupressure for several measured outcomes. It did not study footwear, textured footbeds, or Bumpers products.
Relevance to Bumpers: Useful only for explaining why evidence about manual acupressure or massage cannot be transferred automatically to textured footwear.
Main limitations
- Small sample of 30 nurses
- Ten participants per group
- Quasi-experimental rather than randomized design
- Zigzag assignment reported by the publisher
- Manual interventions rather than a footwear intervention
- Source PDF is not archived in this repository
Claims boundary
What this source does not establish
- Any effect of footwear
- Any effect of textured footbeds
- Any effect of Bumpers
- Everyday consumer outcomes
- Reduced fatigue, pain, lactic acid, or improved circulation or performance from Bumpers products
Permitted public use: Research-literacy education; Explanation of intervention differences; Support for strict evidence boundaries.
Prohibited public use: Clinical proof for Bumpers; Performance claim; Fatigue, circulation, pain, or lactic-acid claim; Equating footwear texture with manual acupressure.
Reviewer status: subject review required. Last verified: 2026-07-16.
