Abstract:
Introduction: Immersion in cold water has been used as a
therapeutic treatment for restoring physical activity and
mental health. The effect of this method on reduction of
exercise induced-inflammation is not well known. The aim of
this study was to investigate the effect of cold water
immersion on CRP levels after an exhaustive aerobic
training.
Material & Methods: 20 male table tennis athletes were
participated in this study as the subjects. The subjects were
divided into the passive recovery (n=10) or cold water
immersion (n=10) groups. All the subjects were performed
the Bruce test protocol as the exhaustive aerobic training.
Blood CRP was measured at three times: before and
immediately after the exhaustive aerobic training and after
the recovery strategies.
Results: The results showed that the CRP levels increased
immediately after the exhaustive aerobic training in the two
groups (P<0.05). Blood CRP levels decreased after 15 min
passive recovery and cold water immersion compare to after
the exhaustive aerobic training (P<0.05). Bonferroni Post
hoc test indicates that no significant differences were
observed between two types of recovery.
Conclusions: The results suggested that no significant
differences are exist between the passive recovery and cold
water immersion on reduction of exercise-induce
inflammation; thus these two strategies are well for CRP
reduction after intensive exercise.
Machine summary:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cold water immersion on CRP levels after an exhaustive aerobic training.
A large amount of therapeutic modalities are used after sports activities to improve skeletal muscle recovery, the most commonly used modalities are: active recovery (5,6), cold water (cryotherapy) (7), massage (8), contrast heat therapy (use of hot and cold water immersion) (9-11), hydrotherapy (12), stretching (13), and electric stimulation (14).
We hypothesized that cold water immersion would more attenuate CRP level as the inflammatory marker after an exhaustive aerobic training compare to the passive recovery.
Thus the purpose of present study was to examine the effect of cold water immersion on CRP levels after an exhaustive aerobic training.
CRP level variations after passive recovery and cold water immersion *Significant difference with baseline (P † Significant difference with after Bruce test (P 4.
Discussion The effect of cold water immersion on CRP levels after an exhaustive aerobic training was examined in the present study.
(2017) noted that cold water immersion is no more effective than active recovery for minimizing the inflammatory and stress responses in muscle after resistance exercise (20).
5. Conclusion According to results of this study, no significant differences are exist between the passive recovery and cold water immersion on reduction of exercise-induce inflammation; thus these two strategies are well for CRP reduction after intensive exercise.
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