title: The effect of chiropractic care on jet lag of Finnish junior elite athletes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of chiropractic care on jet lag in Finnish junior elite athletes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen Finnish junior elite athletes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Through use of a table of random numbers, each athlete was assigned by sex to one of 3 groups: chiropractic adjustment, sham adjustment, or control. As needed, the chiropractic adjustment group athletes (n = 5) were adjusted on a daily basis by licensed chiropractors using a toggle/recoil procedure. The sham adjustment group athletes (n = 5) received sham adjustments on a daily basis by licensed chiropractors. The control group athletes (n = 5) were not adjusted or sham-adjusted but participated in all test protocols. Sleep, jet lag, chiropractic, and mood data (the last acquired through use of the Profile of Mood States) were collected on a daily basis for 18 consecutive days.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Repeated-measures analyses of variance (3 x 2) of total mood disturbance scores and heart rate variables indicated that there were no significant (.05 level) between-group differences. Sleep data were analyzed through use of a 3 x 2, repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance. Pillai's trace indicated that there were no between-group differences. Self-assessment of jet lag by participants after traveling to Georgia and after returning to Finland showed no between-group differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was concluded that chiropractic care did not reduce the effects of jet lag.
authors: Life University, International Sports Training Institute, Marietta, GA 30050, USA.
authors: W F
authors: WF
authors: Straub
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Spino
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Alattar
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Pfleger
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Downes
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Belizaire
authors: O J
authors: OJ
authors: Heinonen
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Vasankari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002684:Chiropractic; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D020179:Jet Lag Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D013177:Sports; D014195:Travel