ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017
Fatigue and Recovery in Rugby: A Review.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Morning Appointment Time Rather Than Training Load Affects Sleep During a Training Camp in Young Elite Rugby Union Players.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Assessing the Reliability of a Novel Eye Tracking Test to Measure Fatigue in Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Jump Squats Performed with Both Light and Heavy Loads Have Similar Effects on the Physical Performance of Elite Rugby Players during the Initial Phase of the Competitive Period.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Effect of COHeliyon · 2023Article
- Effects of treatment dosage of whole-body cryotherapy upon post-match recovery of endocrine and biochemical markers in elite rugby league players: An experimental study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Cannabidiol: Bridge between Antioxidant Effect, Cellular Protection, and Cognitive and Physical Performance.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Defining and quantifying fatigue in the rugby codes.PloS one · 2023Article
- Pain Perception in Contact Sport Athletes: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Different Cold-Water Immersion Temperatures on Neuromotor Performance in Young Athletes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- In-Season Nutrition Strategies and Recovery Modalities to Enhance Recovery for Basketball Players: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Review
- Applied sports science and sports medicine in women's rugby: systematic scoping review and Delphi study to establish future research priorities.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
- The effect of acute sleep extension vs active recovery on post exercise recovery kinetics in rugby union players.PloS one · 2022Article
- Kinetic changes in sweat lactate following fatigue during constant workload exercise.Physiological reports · 2022Article
- Effect of heat pre-conditioning on recovery following exercise-induced muscle damage.Current research in physiology · 2021Article
- Time Course of Recovery for Performance Attributes and Circulating Markers of Muscle Damage Following a Rugby Union Match in Amateur Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Physical Preparation in Female Rugby Codes: An Investigation of Current Practices.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The physical demands and combative nature of rugby lead to notable levels of muscle damage. In professional rugby, athletes only have a limited timeframe to recover following training sessions and competition. Through the implementation of recovery strategies, sport scientists, practitioners and coaches have sought to reduce the effect of fatigue and allow athletes to recover faster. Although some studies demonstrate that recovery strategies are extensively used by rugby athletes, the research remains equivocal concerning the efficacy of recovery strategies in rugby. Moreover, given the role of inflammation arising from muscle damage in the mediation of protein synthesis mechanisms, some considerations have been raised on the long-term effect of using certain recovery modalities that diminish inflammation. While some studies aimed to understand the effects of recovery modalities during the acute recovery phase (<48 h post-match), others investigated the effect of recovery modalities during a more prolonged timeframe (i.e. during a training week). Regarding the acute effectiveness of different recovery modalities, cold water immersion and contrast baths seem to provide a beneficial effect on creatine kinase clearance, neuromuscular performance and delayed onset of muscle soreness. There is support in the literature concerning the effect of compression garments on enhancing recovery from delayed onset of muscle soreness; however, conflicting findings were observed for the restoration of neuromuscular function with the use of this strategy. Using a short-duration active recovery protocol seems to yield little benefit to recovery from rugby training or competition. Given that cold modalities may potentially affect muscle size adaptations from training, their inclusion should be treated with caution and perhaps restricted to certain periods where athlete readiness is more important than increases in muscle size.
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