Use of Cold-Water Immersion to Reduce Muscle Damage and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness and Preserve Muscle Power in Jiu-Jitsu Athletes
Fonseca LB, Brito CJ, Silva RJ, Silva-Grigoletto ME, da Silva WM, Franchini E
Journal of athletic training · 44 citations
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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
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2016-07-01 · J Athl Train · vol. 51 · issue 7 · pp. 540–549
- Publisher
- National Athletic Trainers' Association
- Cited
- 71 citations · more than 96% of similar papers · 5.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 50 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- Medicine, Muscle damage, Creatine kinase, Lactate dehydrogenase, Muscle power, Crossover study, myalgia, Delayed onset muscle soreness, Athletes, Internal medicine, Physical therapy, Chemistry
- MeSH
- muscle, skeletal, humans, athletic injuries, water, l-lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase, pain measurement, treatment outcome, hydrotherapy, hypothermia, induced, cross-over studies, immersion, recovery of function, martial arts, adult, male, myalgia
6 authors
From BR
- Líllian Beatriz FonsecaUniversidade Federal de Sergipe
- Ciro José BritoUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Universidade de São Paulo
- Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos SilvaUniversidade Federal de Sergipe
- Marzo Edir Da Silva‐GrigolettoUniversidade Federal de Sergipe
- Walderi Monteiro da Silva JúniorUniversidade Federal de Sergipe
- Émerson FranchiniUniversidade de São Paulo
Abstract
Context
Cold-water immersion (CWI) has been applied widely as a recovery method, but little evidence is available to support its effectiveness.
Objective
To investigate the effects of CWI on muscle damage, perceived muscle soreness, and muscle power recovery of the upper and lower limbs after jiu-jitsu training.
Design
Crossover study.
Setting
Laboratory and field.
Patients or other participants
A total of 8 highly trained male athletes (age = 24.0 ± 3.6 years, mass = 78.4 ± 2.4 kg, percentage of body fat = 13.1% ± 3.6%) completed all study phases.
Intervention(s)
We randomly selected half of the sample for recovery using CWI (6.0°C ± 0.5°C) for 19 minutes; the other participants were allocated to the control condition (passive recovery). Treatments were reversed in the second session (after 1 week).
Main outcome measure(s)
We measured serum levels of creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase enzymes; perceived muscle soreness; and recovery through visual analogue scales and muscle power of the upper and lower limbs at pretraining, postrecovery, 24 hours, and 48 hours.
Results
Athletes who underwent CWI showed better posttraining recovery measures because circulating LDH levels were lower at 24 hours postrecovery in the CWI condition (441.9 ± 81.4 IU/L) than in the control condition (493.6 ± 97.4 IU/L; P = .03). Estimated muscle power was higher in the CWI than in the control condition for both upper limbs (757.9 ± 125.1 W versus 695.9 ± 56.1 W) and lower limbs (53.7 ± 3.7 cm versus 35.5 ± 8.2 cm; both P values = .001). In addition, we observed less perceived muscle soreness (1.5 ± 1.1 arbitrary units [au] versus 3.1 ± 1.0 au; P = .004) and higher perceived recovery (8.8 ± 1.9 au versus 6.9 ± 1.7 au; P = .005) in the CWI than in the control condition at 24 hours postrecovery.
Conclusions
Use of CWI can be beneficial to jiu-jitsu athletes because it reduces circulating LDH levels, results in less perceived muscle soreness, and helps muscle power recovery at 24 hours postrecovery.
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