Physiological functions of the effects of the different bathing method on recovery from local muscle fatigue
Lee S, Ishibashi S, Shimomura Y, Katsuura T
Journal of physiological anthropology · 7 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
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- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2012-09-15 · J Physiol Anthropol · vol. 31 · issue 1 · p. 26
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 15 citations · more than 75% of similar papers · 1.0× the field average
- References
- 21 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements · Textile materials and evaluations
- Keywords
- Bathing, Medicine, Mist, Shower, Anesthesia
- MeSH
- skin, humans, fatigue, oxyhemoglobins, spectroscopy, near-infrared, electromyography, monitoring, physiologic, body temperature, baths, steam bath, analysis of variance, skin temperature, muscle fatigue, male, young adult
4 authors
From JP
- Soomin Lee · correspondingChiba University
- Shogo IshibashiChiba University
- Yoshihiro ShimomuraChiba University
- Tetsuo KatsuuraChiba University
Abstract
Background
Recently, mist saunas have been used in the home as a new bathing style in Japan. However, there are still few reports on the effects of bathing methods on recovery from muscle fatigue. Furthermore, the effect of mist sauna bathing on human physiological function has not yet been revealed. Therefore, we measured the physiological effects of bathing methods including the mist sauna on recovery from muscle fatigue.
Methods
The bathing methods studied included four conditions: full immersion bath, shower, mist sauna, and no bathing as a control. Ten men participated in this study. The participants completed four consecutive sessions: a 30-min rest period, a 10-min all out elbow flexion task period, a 10-min bathing period, and a 10-min recovery period. We evaluated the mean power frequency (MNF) of the electromyogram (EMG), rectal temperature (Tre), skin temperature (Tsk), skin blood flow (SBF), concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin (O2Hb), and subjective evaluation.
Results
We found that the MNF under the full immersion bath condition was significantly higher than those under the other conditions. Furthermore, Tre, SBF, and O2Hb under the full immersion bath condition were significantly higher than under the other conditions.
Conclusions
Following the results for the full immersion bath condition, the SBF and O2Hb of the mist sauna condition were significantly higher than those for the shower and no bathing conditions. These results suggest that full immersion bath and mist sauna are effective in facilitating recovery from muscle fatigue.
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