Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2012
The effect of post-exercise hydrotherapy on subsequent exercise performance and heart rate variability.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Can Water Temperature and Immersion Time Influence the Effect of Cold Water Immersion on Muscle Soreness? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Pooled it
- Contrast water therapy and exercise induced muscle damage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- The effects of cold water immersion and active recovery on inflammation and cell stress responses in human skeletal muscle after resistance exercise.The Journal of physiology · 2017Trial
- Effects of Cold Water Immersion on Muscle Oxygenation During Repeated Bouts of Fatiguing Exercise: A Randomized Controlled Study.Medicine · 2016Trial
- Central and peripheral adjustments during high-intensity exercise following cold water immersion.European journal of applied physiology · 2014Trial
- Cycling time to failure is better maintained by cold than contrast or thermoneutral lower-body water immersion in normothermia.European journal of applied physiology · 2013Trial
- Hydrotherapy as a recovery strategy after exercise: a pragmatic controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2013Trial
- The cold-water immersion recovery-adaptation paradox: Reconciling acute parasympathetic and analgesic benefits with chronic hypertrophy attenuation.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- Examining the acute cardiovagal consequences of supine recovery during high-intensity interval exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
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- Effect of a single immersion in cold water below 4 °C on haemorheological properties of blood in healthy men.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of high-intensity interval training in a cold environment on arterial stiffness and cerebral hemodynamics in sedentary Chinese college female students post-COVID-19.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- The Effect of Contrast Water Therapy on Dehydration during Endurance Training Camps in Moderate-Altitude Environments.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Practical internal and external cooling methods do not influence rapid recovery from simulated taekwondo performance.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2023Article
- Functional Impact of Post-exercise Cooling and Heating on Recovery and Training Adaptations: Application to Resistance, Endurance, and Sprint Exercise.Sports medicine - open · 2022Review
- Post-Exercise Cold- and Contrasting-Water Immersion Effects on Heart Rate Variability Recovery in International Handball Female Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
- Effects of hydrotherapy and land-based exercise on mobility and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized control trial.Journal of physical therapy science · 2021Article
- Post-exercise Cold Water Immersion Effects on Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Training and the Underlying Mechanisms in Skeletal Muscle: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Review
- Post-exercise Cold Water Immersion Does Not Improve Subsequent 4-km Cycling Time-Trial Compared With Passive and Active Recovery in Normothermia.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
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Abstract
We investigated the effect of hydrotherapy on time-trial performance and cardiac parasympathetic reactivation during recovery from intense training. On three occasions, 18 well-trained cyclists completed 60 min high-intensity cycling, followed 20 min later by one of three 10-min recovery interventions: passive rest (PAS), cold water immersion (CWI), or contrast water immersion (CWT). The cyclists then rested quietly for 160 min with R-R intervals and perceptions of recovery recorded every 30 min. Cardiac parasympathetic activity was evaluated using the natural logarithm of the square root of mean squared differences of successive R-R intervals (ln rMSSD). Finally, the cyclists completed a work-based cycling time trial. Effects were examined using magnitude-based inferences. Differences in time-trial performance between the three trials were trivial. Compared with PAS, general fatigue was very likely lower for CWI (difference [90% confidence limits; -12% (-18; -5)]) and CWT [-11% (-19; -2)]. Leg soreness was almost certainly lower following CWI [-22% (-30; -14)] and CWT [-27% (-37; -15)]. The change in mean ln rMSSD following the recovery interventions (ln rMSSD(Post-interv)) was almost certainly higher following CWI [16.0% (10.4; 23.2)] and very likely higher following CWT [12.5% (5.5; 20.0)] compared with PAS, and possibly higher following CWI [3.7% (-0.9; 8.4)] compared with CWT. The correlations between performance, ln rMSSD(Post-interv) and perceptions of recovery were unclear. A moderate correlation was observed between ln rMSSD(Post-interv) and leg soreness [r = -0.50 (-0.66; -0.29)]. Although the effects of CWI and CWT on performance were trivial, the beneficial effects on perceptions of recovery support the use of these recovery strategies.
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