Effects of cold water immersion and active recovery on hemodynamics and recovery of muscle strength following resistance exercise
Roberts LA, Muthalib M, Stanley J, Lichtwark G, Nosaka K, Coombes JS, Peake JM
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 37 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
- Nonprofit
- Sports Medicine Australia Research Foundation
- University or hospital
- University of Queensland
- Nonprofit
- Exercise and Sports Science Australia
- Government
- Queensland Academy of Sport
- Nonprofit
- Sports Medicine Australia
Based on 5 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2015-06-11 · Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol · vol. 309 · issue 4 · pp. R389–R398
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Cited
- 15 citations · more than 96% of similar papers · 7.4× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Exercise and Physiological Responses · Sports Performance and Training
- Keywords
- Isometric exercise, Internal medicine, Medicine, Hemodynamics, Cardiology, Chemistry
- MeSH
- muscle, skeletal, humans, water, body temperature, immersion, recovery of function, energy metabolism, oxygen consumption, blood pressure, heart rate, regional blood flow, isometric contraction, time factors, bicycling, male, muscle strength, hemodynamics, cold temperature, resistance training, young adult
7 authors
From AU, FR
- Llion Arwyn RobertsThe University of Queensland; Queensland Academy of Sport
- Makii MuthalibUniversité de Montpellier
- Jamie StanleyThe University of Queensland; Queensland Academy of Sport
- Glen A. LichtwarkThe University of Queensland
- Kazunori NosakaEdith Cowan University
- Jeff Scott CoombesThe University of Queensland
Abstract
Cold water immersion (CWI) and active recovery (ACT) are frequently used as postexercise recovery strategies. However, the physiological effects of CWI and ACT after resistance exercise are not well characterized. We examined the effects of CWI and ACT on cardiac output (Q̇), muscle oxygenation (SmO2), blood volume (tHb), muscle temperature (Tmuscle), and isometric strength after resistance exercise. On separate days, 10 men performed resistance exercise, followed by 10 min CWI at 10°C or 10 min ACT (low-intensity cycling). Q̇ (7.9 ± 2.7 l) and Tmuscle (2.2 ± 0.8°C) increased, whereas SmO2 (-21.5 ± 8.8%) and tHb (-10.1 ± 7.7 μM) decreased after exercise (P < 0.05). During CWI, Q̇ (-1.1 ± 0.7 l) and Tmuscle (-6.6 ± 5.3°C) decreased, while tHb (121 ± 77 μM) increased (P < 0.05). In the hour after CWI, Q̇ and Tmuscle remained low, while tHb also decreased (P < 0.05). By contrast, during ACT, Q̇ (3.9 ± 2.3 l), Tmuscle (2.2 ± 0.5°C), SmO2 (17.1 ± 5.7%), and tHb (91 ± 66 μM) all increased (P < 0.05). In the hour after ACT, Tmuscle, and tHb remained high (P < 0.05). Peak isometric strength during 10-s maximum voluntary contractions (MVCs) did not change significantly after CWI, whereas it decreased after ACT (-30 to -45 Nm; P < 0.05). Muscle deoxygenation time during MVCs increased after ACT (P < 0.05), but not after CWI. Muscle reoxygenation time after MVCs tended to increase after CWI (P = 0.052). These findings suggest first that hemodynamics and muscle temperature after resistance exercise are dependent on ambient temperature and metabolic demands with skeletal muscle, and second, that recovery of strength after resistance exercise is independent of changes in hemodynamics and muscle temperature.
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