WATER IMMERSION AS A POST-EFFORT RECOVERY FACTOR. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Journal Title: CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS - JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT - Year 2009, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
In physical preparation is well established the importance of recovery processes in order to achieve high levels of performance. Therefore, and due to the high demands required in the current sports competitions, to enhance recovery processes play an important role in the final performance. Water immersions have been used as a recovery agent by coaches for long. However, only in recent years have been published scientific papers which investigate this topic. The purpose of this work was to establish a theoretic framework based on these publications. It has conducted a thorough bibliographical review in databases Pubmed and SportDiscus, using the keywords “Post-exercise recovery "," water immersion "," thermal responses” and “cryotherapy”. After purifying the papers retrieved, 39 papers were obtained, of which 33 are original research work and 6 are reviews. We must highlight a limiting factor in the extraction of general conclusions: the absence of standard protocols. Therefore, sometimes it is difficult to compare results from different studies. However, two conclusions can be drawn: (1) Hot water (> 33º C) is not a good regenerating agent post-effort, and (2) immersion in cold water (15ºC) for 1o minutes, split into periods, facilitates regenerative processes post-effort. About contrasts (alternate cold and hot water) there is less information and results are sometimes contradictory.
Authors and Affiliations
Chulvi-Medrano. I, LLana-Belloch S. I. , Pérez-Soriano P
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