Recovery from repeated on-court tennis sessions: combining cold-water immersion, compression, and sleep recovery interventions
Duffield R, Murphy A, Kellett A, Reid M
International journal of sports physiology and performance · 46 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Australian Institute of Sport
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2014-02-21 · Int J Sports Physiol Perform · vol. 9 · issue 2 · pp. 273–282
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Cited
- 72 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 6.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 30 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy)
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Sports Performance and Training · Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Keywords
- Heart rate, Physical therapy, Medicine, Crossover study, Sleep hygiene, Sports medicine, Rating of perceived exertion, Mood, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Psychology, Blood pressure, Placebo, Cognition, Sleep quality, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- muscle, skeletal, humans, water, lactic acid, analysis of variance, cross-over studies, immersion, affect, perception, task performance and analysis, motor skills, sleep, recovery of function, heart rate, physical endurance, muscle contraction, time factors, tennis, clothing, adolescent, australia, male, muscle strength, cold temperature, young adult, actigraphy, biomechanical phenomena, biomarkers
4 authors
From AU, RS
- Rob DuffieldUniversity of Technology Sydney
- Alistair MurphyCenter for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences
- Aaron KellettSports Medicine Australia
- Machar M. ReidSports Medicine Australia
Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the effects of combining cold-water immersion (CWI), full-body compression garments (CG), and sleep-hygiene recommendations on physical, physiological, and perceptual recovery after 2-a-day on-court training and match-play sessions.
Methods
In a crossover design, 8 highly trained tennis players completed 2 sessions of on-court tennis-drill training and match play, followed by a recovery or control condition. Recovery interventions included a mixture of 15 min CWI, 3 h of wearing full-body CG, and following sleep-hygiene recommendations that night, while the control condition involved postsession stretching and no regulation of sleeping patterns. Technical performance (stroke and error rates), physical performance (accelerometry, countermovement jump [CMJ]), physiological (heart rate, blood lactate), and perceptual (mood, exertion, and soreness) measures were recorded from each on-court session, along with sleep quantity each night.
Results
While stroke and error rates did not differ in the drill session (P > .05, d .05, d > 0.90). Although accelerometry values did not differ between conditions (P > .05, d .05, d = 0.90). Furthermore, CWI and CG resulted in faster postsession reductions in heart rate and lactate and reduced perceived soreness (P > .05, d > 1.00). In addition, sleep-hygiene recommendations increased sleep quantity (P > .05, d > 2.00) and maintained lower perceived soreness and fatigue (P 2.00).
Conclusions
Mixed-method recovery interventions (CWI and CG) used after tennis sessions increased ensuing time in play and lower-body power and reduced perceived soreness. Furthermore, sleep-hygiene recommendations helped reduce perceived soreness.
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