The Effects of Age and Body Fat Content on Post-Downhill Run Recovery Following Whole Body Cryotherapy
Haq A, Ribbans W, Baross AW
International journal of environmental research and public health · 3 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2021-03-12 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 18 · issue 6 · p. 2906
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 3 citations · more than 53% of similar papers · 0.2× the field average
- References
- 65 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Sports injuries and prevention · Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Keywords
- Cryotherapy, Creatine kinase, Medicine, Isometric exercise, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Muscle damage, Animal science, Surgery, Biology
- MeSH
- muscle, skeletal, adipose tissue, humans, exercise, cryotherapy, running, adult, middle aged, male, myalgia
3 authors
From GB
- Adnan Haq · correspondingMoulton College; University of Northampton
- William J. RibbansUniversity of Northampton
- Anthony BarossUniversity of Northampton
Abstract
This study explored the effects of age and body fat content on responses to whole body cryotherapy (WBC) following a downhill running bout. Forty-one male participants (mean ± SD age 42.0 ± 13.7 years, body mass 75.2 ± 10.8 kg) were allocated into WBC (n = 26) and control (CON, n = 15) groups. WBC participants were divided into old (OLD, ≥45 years, n = 10) and young (YNG, 2 max. The WBC group underwent cryotherapy (3 min, -120 °C) 1 h post-run and CON participants passively recovered in a controlled environment (20 °C). Maximal isometric leg muscle torque was assessed pre and 24 h post-run. Blood creatine kinase (CK) and muscle soreness were assessed pre, post, one hour and 24 h post-run. Muscle torque significantly decreased in both groups post-downhill run (WBC: 220.6 ± 61.4 Nm vs. 208.3 ± 67.6 Nm, p = 0.02; CON: 239.7 ± 51.1 Nm vs. 212.1 ± 46.3 Nm, p = 0.00). The mean decrease in WBC was significantly less than in CON (p = 0.04). Soreness and CK increased 24 h post for WBC and CON (p p = 0.04) but not in YNG (p = 0.55). There were no differences between HFAT and LFAT (all p values > 0.05). WBC may attenuate muscle damage and benefit muscle strength recovery following eccentrically biased exercises, particularly for young males.
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