Behaviour After Exercise of Biological, Clinical and Metabolic Variables as From Different Temperatures and Times of Immersion Cold Water Application

Effects Post-exercise of Biological, Clinical and Metabolic Variables as From Different Temperatures and Times of Immersion Cold Water Application in Active Individuals

Introduction: immersion cold water is a recuperative strategy commonly used, however, are not yet fully understood the real effects of this technique on specific conditions. Objective: To analyze and to compare the effects of the immersion cold water during the intense post-exercise recovery, using different times and temperatures on biological, clinical and metabolic variables. Method: 105 male subjects were divided into five groups: one control group (CG) and four recoveries (G1: 5' at 9±1 degrees Celsius; G2: 5' at 14±1 degrees Celsius; G3: 15' at 9±1 degrees Celsius; G4: 15' at 14±1 degrees Celsius). The volunteers were submitted an exhaustion protocol that consisted of a program of jumps and the Wingate test. Immediately after the exhaustion protocol, volunteers were directed to a tank with water and ice, which were immersed up to the height of the anterior superior iliac spine to the recovery procedure, during which blood samples were collected for later analysis lactate and creatine kinase (CK). Variables were collected prior to the exercise, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours after the end of it. Furthermore, the perception of pain and recovery of the lower limbs were also collected at specific moments by means respectively of the Likert scale of perceived effort and visual analogue scale pain. Appropriate statistical analysis was used to compare the groups and the moments, considering the 5% level of significance.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cryotherapy Effect
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: immersion cold water

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 105
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • SP
    • Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil, 55
      • Franciele Marques Vanderlei

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 26 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male sex
• Healthy
• Aged between 18 and 30 years
• Classified as physically active through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anemia
• Inflammation
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease
• Liver problems
• Alcoholics
• Smokers
• Illicit drug users
• Chronic users of anti-inflammatory drugs
• Episode of musculotendinous or osteoarticular injury in the lower and/or column members during the last six months.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: GC; Control group - CG (n = 21), which suffered no recuperative technique
Experimental: G1; G1 (n = 21) was subjected to a recovery procedure by immersion cold water for 5 minutes as from 9±1 degrees Celsius	Other: immersion cold water; immersion cold water at different temperatures and exposure times
Experimental: G2; G2 (n = 21) was subjected to a recovery procedure by immersion cold water for 5 minutes as from 14±1 degrees Celsius	Other: immersion cold water; immersion cold water at different temperatures and exposure times
Experimental: G3; G3 (n = 21) was subjected to a recovery procedure by immersion cold water for 15 minutes as from 9±1 degrees Celsius	Other: immersion cold water; immersion cold water at different temperatures and exposure times
Experimental: G4; G4 (n = 21) was subjected to a recovery procedure by immersion cold water for 15 minutes as from 14±1 degrees Celsius	Other: immersion cold water; immersion cold water at different temperatures and exposure times

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Change from Baseline in Creatine kinase using 5 ml samples of blood at 96 hours	24, 48, 72 and 96 hours after exercise protocol
Change from Baseline in Lactate by means of 25 μl of arterial blood from the ear lobe at 74 minutes	3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 minutes of achievement of recuperative technique

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Change from Baseline in leg pain using the Visual Analogue Scale at 96 hours	24, 48, 72 and 96 hours after exercise protocol
Change from Baseline in Perception recovery through the scale of perceived effort Likert at 96 hours	75 minutes, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours after exercise protocol

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Paulista University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): July 14, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 14, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2015
• Last Verified: July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Lactate; Musculoskeletal Pain; Creatine Kinase; Recovery of Function; Immersion
• Other Study ID Numbers: 736.438