Acute inflammatory, anthropometric, and perceptual (muscle soreness) effects of postresistance exercise water immersion in junior international and subelite male volleyball athletes
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Horgan, Barry G., West, Nicholas P., Tee, Nicolin, Drinkwater, Eric J., Halson, Shona L., Vider, Jelena, Fonda, Christopher J., Haff, G. Gregory and Chapman, Dale W.. (2022). Acute inflammatory, anthropometric, and perceptual (muscle soreness) effects of postresistance exercise water immersion in junior international and subelite male volleyball athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 36(12), pp. 3473-3484. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000004122
Authors | Horgan, Barry G., West, Nicholas P., Tee, Nicolin, Drinkwater, Eric J., Halson, Shona L., Vider, Jelena, Fonda, Christopher J., Haff, G. Gregory and Chapman, Dale W. |
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Abstract | Horgan, BG, West, NP, Tee, N, Drinkwater, EJ, Halson, SL, Vider, J, Fonda, CJ, Haff, GG, and Chapman, DW. Acute inflammatory, anthropometric, and perceptual (muscle soreness) effects of postresistance exercise water immersion in junior international and subelite male volleyball athletes. J Strength Cond Res 36(12): 3473–3484, 2022—Athletes use water immersion strategies to recover from training and competition. This study investigated the acute effects of postexercise water immersion after resistance exercise. Eighteen elite and subelite male volleyball athletes participated in an intervention using a randomized cross-over design. On separate occasions after resistance exercise, subjects completed 1 of 4 15-minute interventions: control (CON), cold water immersion (CWI), contrast water therapy (CWT), or hot water immersion (HWI). Significance was accepted at p ≤ 0.05. Resistance exercise induced significant temporal changes (time effect) for inflammatory, anthropometric, perceptual, and performance measures. Serum creatine kinase was reduced (g = 0.02–0.30) after CWI (p = 0.007), CWT (p = 0.006), or HWI (p < 0.001) vs. CON, whereas it increased significantly (g = 0.50) after CWI vs. HWI. Contrast water therapy resulted in significantly higher (g = 0.56) interleukin-6 concentrations vs. HWI. Thigh girth increased (g = 0.06–0.16) after CWI vs. CON (p = 0.013) and HWI (p < 0.001) and between CWT vs. HWI (p = 0.050). Similarly, calf girth increased (g = 0.01–0.12) after CWI vs. CON (p = 0.039) and CWT (p = 0.018), and HWI vs. CON (p = 0.041) and CWT (p = 0.018). Subject belief in a postexercise intervention strategy was associated with HSP72 (“believer”>“nonbeliever,” p = 0.026), muscle soreness (“believer”>“nonbeliever,” p = 0.002), and interleukin-4 (“nonbeliever”>“believer,” p = 0.002). There were no significant treatment × time (interaction effect) pairwise comparisons. Choice of postexercise water immersion strategy (i.e., cold, contrast, or hot) combined with a belief in the efficacy of that strategy to enhance recovery or performance improves biological and perceptual markers of muscle damage and soreness. On same or subsequent days where resistance exercise bouts are performed, practitioners should consider athlete beliefs when prescribing postexercise water immersion, to reduce muscle soreness. |
Keywords | performance; belief effect; strength training; court sports; recovery; nutrition |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research |
Journal citation | 36 (12), pp. 3473-3484 |
Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
ISSN | 1064-8011 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000004122 |
Page range | 3473-3484 |
Funder | Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) |
High Performance Sport Research Funds (HPSRF), Australian Institute of Sport | |
Deakin University | |
Griffith University | |
Edith Cowan University | |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | Dec 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 Nov 2022 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8y7qv/acute-inflammatory-anthropometric-and-perceptual-muscle-soreness-effects-of-postresistance-exercise-water-immersion-in-junior-international-and-subelite-male-volleyball-athletes
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