Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Adaptations Following Regular Cold Water Immersion
Ihsan M, Watson G, Choo HC, Govus A, Cocking S, Stanley J, Abbiss CR
International journal of sports medicine · 9 citations
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- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2019-12-16 · Int J Sports Med · vol. 41 · issue 02 · pp. 98–105
- Publisher
- Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
- Cited
- 8 citations · more than 81% of similar papers · 1.1× the field average
- References
- 43 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise · Sports Performance and Training
- Keywords
- Medicine, Endurance training, Cuff, Heart rate, Internal medicine, Chemistry, Skeletal muscle, Endocrinology, Anesthesia, Anatomy, Animal science, Surgery, Blood pressure, Biology
- MeSH
- muscle, skeletal, popliteal artery, microcirculation, humans, hemoglobins, oxyhemoglobins, spectroscopy, near-infrared, area under curve, immersion, adaptation, physiological, oxygen consumption, physical endurance, male, cold temperature, young adult, physical conditioning, human
7 authors
From AU, QA
- Mohammed IhsanEdith Cowan University; Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
- Greig WatsonUniversity of Tasmania
- Hui Cheng ChooEdith Cowan University
- Andrew David GovusLa Trobe University
- Scott CockingAspire Academy
- Jamie StanleySports Medicine Australia
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of endurance training and regular post-exercise cold water immersion on changes in microvascular function. Nine males performed 3 sessions∙wk-1 of endurance training for 4 weeks. Following each session, participants immersed one leg in a cold water bath (10°C; COLD) for 15 min while the contra-lateral leg served as control (CON). Before and after training, microvascular function of the gastrocnemius was assessed using near-infrared spectroscopy, where 5 min of popliteal artery occlusion was applied and monitored for 3 min upon cuff release. Changes in Hbdiff (oxyhemoglobin - deoxyhemoglobin) amplitude (O-AMP), area under curve (O-AUC) and estimated muscle oxygen consumption (mVO2) were determined during occlusion, while the reperfusion rate (R-RATE), reperfusion amplitude (R-AMP) and hyperemic response (HYP) were determined following cuff release. Training increased O-AMP (p=0.010), O-AUC (p=0.011), mVO2 (p=0.013), R-AMP (p=0.004) and HYP (p=0.057). Significant time (p=0.024) and condition (p=0.026) effects were observed for R-RATE, where the increase in COLD was greater compared with CON (p=0.026). In conclusion, R-RATE following training was significantly higher in COLD compared with CON, providing some evidence for enhanced microvascular adaptations following regular cold water immersion.
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