The use of continuous vs. intermittent cold water immersion as a recovery method in basketball players after training: a randomized controlled trial
Sánchez-Ureña B, Martínez-Guardado I, Crespo C, Timón R, Calleja-González J, Ibañez SJ, Olcina G
The Physician and sportsmedicine · 15 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
- Government of Extremandura – Research group
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2017-02-09 · Phys Sportsmed · vol. 45 · issue 2 · pp. 134–139
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Cited
- 31 citations · more than 86% of similar papers · 2.1× the field average
- References
- 38 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Sports injuries and prevention · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- Basketball, Immersion (mathematics), Randomized controlled trial, Time trial, Physical therapy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Medicine, Mathematics, Surgery, History, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- leg, humans, water, exercise test, exercise, hydrotherapy, immersion, heart rate, movement, physical education and training, basketball, adolescent, male, cold temperature, musculoskeletal pain
7 authors
From CR, ES
- Braulio Sánchez‐Ureña · correspondingUniversidad Nacional
- Ismael Martínez‐GuardadoUniversidad de Extremadura
- Carmen CrespoUniversidad de Extremadura
- Rafael TimónUniversidad de Extremadura
- Julio Calleja-GonzálezUniversity of the Basque Country
- Sérgio J. IbáñezUniversidad de Extremadura
Abstract
Objectives
The main objective of this study was to compare two cold water immersion protocols, continuous or intermittent, on recovery in basketball players.
Methods
Ten male basketball players (age: 14 ± 0.4 years, body mass: 65.4 ± 9.1 kg, height: 175 ± 7.3 cm, body fat %: 10.3 ± 4) were included in the study. After three 90-minute training sessions (avg. heart rate 158 ± 11.92, 156 ± 7.06 and 151 ± 10.44 bpm), participants were grouped into a continuous immersion (12 min at 12 ± 0.4°C) group, intermittent immersion (4 x 2 min immersion at 12 ± 0.4 °C + 1 min out of water) group and a control group (CG). Countermovement jump (CMJ), muscle pain and thigh volume were measured.
Results
Both cold water immersion protocols were effective in reducing the pain 24 and 48 hours after training compared with the CG (F (3.54) = 2.91, p = 0.016, ηp2 = .24). Concerning CMJ change, % differences occurred at 24 (Z = 11.04, p = 0.004) and 48 hours (Z = 14.01, p < 0.001) in comparison with the CG. Regarding the muscle volume, the statistical analysis did not report a significant interaction (F (3.54) = 2.42, p = 0.058).
Conclusion
Both cold water immersion CWI protocols are effective in improving recovery in basketball players.
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