Recovery From Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: Cold-Water Immersion Versus Whole-Body Cryotherapy
Abaïdia AE, Lamblin J, Delecroix B, Leduc C, McCall A, Nédélec M, Dawson B, Baquet G, Dupont G
International journal of sports physiology and performance · 51 citations
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- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2016-07-11 · Int J Sports Physiol Perform · vol. 12 · issue 3 · pp. 402–409
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Cited
- 82 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 6.4× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 27 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · OTHER-OA
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Sports injuries and prevention
- Keywords
- Cryotherapy, Medicine, Eccentric exercise, Eccentric, Crossover study, Muscle damage, Isometric exercise, Creatine kinase, Hamstring, Plyometrics, Physical therapy, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Surgery, Placebo, Jump
- MeSH
- leg, muscle, skeletal, humans, water, creatine kinase, exercise, cryotherapy, cross-over studies, immersion, perception, muscle fatigue, time factors, male, muscle strength, cold temperature, young adult, plyometric exercise, myalgia
9 authors
From FR, GB, AU
- Abd‐Elbasset AbaïdiaUniversité de Lille; Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société; Université Lille Nord de France
- Julien LamblinUniversité de Lille
- Barthélémy DelecroixUniversité de Lille; Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société
- Cédric LeducUniversité de Picardie Jules Verne
- Alan McCallEdinburgh Napier University
- Mathieu NédélecInstitut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance
Abstract
Purpose
To compare the effects of cold-water immersion (CWI) and whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) on recovery kinetics after exercise-induced muscle damage.
Methods
Ten physically active men performed single-leg hamstring eccentric exercise comprising 5 sets of 15 repetitions. Immediately postexercise, subjects were exposed in a randomized crossover design to CWI (10 min at 10°C) or WBC (3 min at -110°C) recovery. Creatine kinase concentrations, knee-flexor eccentric (60°/s) and posterior lower-limb isometric (60°) strength, single-leg and 2-leg countermovement jumps, muscle soreness, and perception of recovery were measured. The tests were performed before and immediately, 24, 48, and 72 h after exercise.
Results
Results showed a very likely moderate effect in favor of CWI for single-leg (effect size [ES] = 0.63; 90% confidence interval [CI] = -0.13 to 1.38) and 2-leg countermovement jump (ES = 0.68; 90% CI = -0.08 to 1.43) 72 h after exercise. Soreness was moderately lower 48 h after exercise after CWI (ES = -0.68; 90% CI = -1.44 to 0.07). Perception of recovery was moderately enhanced 24 h after exercise for CWI (ES = -0.62; 90% CI = -1.38 to 0.13). Trivial and small effects of condition were found for the other outcomes.
Conclusions
CWI was more effective than WBC in accelerating recovery kinetics for countermovement-jump performance at 72 h postexercise. CWI also demonstrated lower soreness and higher perceived recovery levels across 24-48 h postexercise.
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