Practical Applications of Water Immersion Recovery Modalities for Team Sports

Tavares, Francisco; Walker, Owen; Healey, Phil; Smith, Tiaki Brett; Driller, Matthew W.

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“…The differences in methodologies used (e.g., participants, training frequency, intensity, and duration of CWI) make it difficult to compare between studies. Therefore, we would suggest that further research is needed to provide practical applications to highly-trained team sport athletes, and that understanding the intensity of the training, the density of the week, the athletes' individual goals and the requirements during the season will provide the rational for the implementation of CWI (Tavares et al, 2019b ).…”

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The Acute and Longer-Term Effects of Cold Water Immersion in Highly-Trained Volleyball Athletes During an Intense Training Block

Tavares

Simões

Matos³

et al. 2020

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Background: The use of cold water immersion (CWI) as a recovery strategy following exercise has drawn mixed findings over the last few decades. The purpose of the current study was twofold ; (1) to determine the acute effects of CWI within the training week, and (2) to investigate the longer-term effects of CWI over a 16-day period. Methods: In a randomized, controlled trial, 13 national-level volleyball athletes were allocated to two groups, an experimental (CWI, n = 7) and a control group (n = 6) during a 3-week national training camp. The experimental group were exposed to a CWI protocol after the last training session of each day (12 CWI sessions). Measures of lower (countermovement jump and squat jump height) and upper-body (medicine ball throw distance) power were collected pre-and post-training camp. Perceptual and neuromuscular performance measures (countermovement jump) were obtained during the training camp. Results: No significant differences between groups were observed for any measure (p > 0.05), however, small effect sizes were observed between experimental and control groups on day two of weeks one and two. Three weeks of training resulted in a significant decrease in countermovement jump height in the control group. A moderate effect size (d = 0.65) was found for countermovement jump performance between the experimental and control groups. Conclusion: Cold water immersion seems to provide little benefit to recovery in the acute setting (within the training week), however, chronically, there was a trend toward a benefit when implementing cold water immersion in well-trained volleyball athletes over 16 days.

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The Acute and Longer-Term Effects of Cold Water Immersion in Highly-Trained Volleyball Athletes During an Intense Training Block

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Simões

Matos³

et al. 2020

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“…lower CWI temperatures for subjects with a greater BSA:BM and fat mass), then the beneficial effects of CWI on recovery could be increased. 30…”

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Effects of Chronic Cold-Water Immersion in Elite Rugby Players

Tavares¹,

Beaven²,

Teles³

et al. 2019

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

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“…Although water temperatures might not be the main factor contributing to the beneficial effects observed after contrast water therapy [ 8 ], the too-small difference in cold (15 °C) and hot (37°) water temperatures might partly explain our results. In a recent review Tavares et al [ 30 ] suggested that there might be an ideal zone for water temperature during cold water immersion (between 11 and 15 °C); Sanchez-Urena reported hot water temperatures between 38 and 42 °C [ 15 ]. Indeed, the expected “vasomotion” requires real changes (temperature, pressure) that are hardly achievable with 90 s immersion periods.…”

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Effects of Light Pedaling Added to Contrast Water Immersion for Recovery after Exhaustive Exercise

Deley

Cometti

Païzis

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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For years, athletes and coaches have been looking for new strategies to optimize post-exercise recovery; it has recently been suggested that combining several methods might be a great option. This study therefore aimed to investigate the efficacy of contrast water therapy (CWT) used alone or associated with pedaling to recover from exhaustive exercise. After high-intensity intermittent exercise, 33 participants underwent 30 min of either (i) passive rest (PASSIVE), (ii) CWT with pedaling while in water (COMB) or (iii) classic CWT (CWT). Blood lactate concentration, countermovement jump height and perceived exhaustion were recorded before exercise, immediately after, after recovery interventions and after an additional 30 min of passive rest. Blood lactate concentration returned to initial values after 30 min of COMB (5.9 mmol/L), whereas in the other conditions even 60 min was not enough (10.2 and 9.6 mmol/L for PASSIVE and CWT, respectively, p < 0.05). Jump height was close to initial values after 30 min of CWT (37.3 cm), whereas values were still depressed after 60 min in the PASSIVE (36.0 cm) and COMB (35.7 cm) conditions (p < 0.05). Perceived exertion was still high for all conditions after 60 min. The present results are in favor of the utilization of CWT after exhaustive exercise, but the modality has to be chosen depending on what comes next (subsequent exercise scheduled in the following hours or further away).

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Practical Applications of Water Immersion Recovery Modalities for Team Sports

Cited by 11 publications

References 72 publications

The Acute and Longer-Term Effects of Cold Water Immersion in Highly-Trained Volleyball Athletes During an Intense Training Block

The Acute and Longer-Term Effects of Cold Water Immersion in Highly-Trained Volleyball Athletes During an Intense Training Block

Effects of Chronic Cold-Water Immersion in Elite Rugby Players

Effects of Light Pedaling Added to Contrast Water Immersion for Recovery after Exhaustive Exercise

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