Cold water immersion of the ankle decreases neuromuscular response of lower limb after inversion movement
Macedo CS, Alonso CS, Liporaci RF, Vieira F, Guirro RR
Brazilian journal of physical therapy · 4 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2014-03-01 · Braz J Phys Ther · vol. 18 · issue 1 · pp. 93–97
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 9 citations · more than 69% of similar papers · 0.6× the field average
- References
- 25 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY-NC
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Sports injuries and prevention · Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Keywords
- Ankle, Cryotherapy, Medius, Medicine, Tibialis anterior muscle, Electromyography, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Repeated measures design, H-reflex, Rectus femoris muscle, Immersion (mathematics), Anatomy, Orthodontics, Anesthesia, Mathematics, Surgery, Skeletal muscle
- MeSH
- lower extremity, ankle, muscle, skeletal, humans, water, electromyography, movement, male, cold temperature, young adult
5 authors
From BR
- Christiane Souza Guerino MacedoUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto
- Carolina Saenz AlonsoUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto
- Rogério Ferreira LiporaciClinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto
- Fernando Nataniel VieiraClinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto
- Rinaldo Roberto de Jesus GuirroUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto
Abstract
Background
Cryotherapy has been associated with a significant decrease in nerve conduction velocity and muscle contraction with possible effects on exercise and physical training.
Objectives
To quantify the electromyographic response of the lateral gastrocnemius, tibialis anterior, fibularis longus, rectus femoris and gluteus medius to ankle inversion following cold water immersion.
Method
The peak values of the root mean square (RMS) were obtained from 35 healthy and active university subjects after the use of a tilt platform to force the ankle into 30° of inversion before, immediately after, and 10, 20, and 30 minutes after water immersion at 4±2°C, for 20 minutes. The Shapiro-Wilk test, repeated measures analysis, Bonferroni's post-hoc, and linear regression analysis provided the results.
Results
Peak RMS was significantly lower at all times after cold water immersion, with residual effect of up to 30 minutes, when compared to pre-immersion for all muscles, except for immediate post-immersion for the gluteus medius.
Conclusions
After cold water immersion of the ankle, special care should be taken in activities that require greater neuromuscular control.
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