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Cold water immersion enhances recovery of submaximal muscle function after resistance exercise

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, August 2014
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Title
Cold water immersion enhances recovery of submaximal muscle function after resistance exercise
Published in
American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, August 2014
DOI 10.1152/ajpregu.00180.2014
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Llion A Roberts, Kazunori Nosaka, Jeff S Coombes, Jonathan M Peake

Abstract

We investigated the effect of cold water immersion (CWI) on the recovery of muscle function and physiological responses following high-intensity resistance exercise. Using a randomized, cross-over design, 10 physically active men performed high-intensity resistance exercise, followed by one of two recovery interventions: 10 min of cold water immersion at 10°C, or 10 min active recovery (low-intensity cycling). After the recovery interventions, maximal muscle function was assessed after 2 h and 4 h by measuring jump height and isometric squat strength. Submaximal muscle function was assessed after 6 h by measuring the average load lifted during six sets of 10 squats at 80% 1RM. Intramuscular temperature (1 cm) was also recorded, and venous blood samples were analyzed for markers of metabolism, vasoconstriction and muscle damage. CWI did not enhance recovery of maximal muscle function. However, during the final three sets of the submaximal muscle function test, the participants lifted a greater load (p<0.05; 38%; Cohen's d 1.3) following CWI compared with active recovery. During CWI, muscle temperature decreased ~6°C below post-exercise values, and remained below pre-exercise values for another 35 min. Venous blood O2 saturation decreased below pre-exercise values for 1.5 h after CWI. Serum endothelin-1 concentration did not change after CWI, whereas it decreased after active recovery. Plasma myoglobin concentration was lower, whereas plasma interleukin-6 concentration was higher after CWI compared with active recovery. These results suggest that cold water immersion after resistance exercise allow athletes to complete more work during subsequent training sessions, which could enhance long-term training adaptations.

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Country Count As %
United States 3 <1%
France 2 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Qatar 1 <1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
Unknown 378 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 79 20%
Student > Master 50 13%
Researcher 35 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 34 9%
Student > Postgraduate 27 7%
Other 71 18%
Unknown 90 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 135 35%
Medicine and Dentistry 57 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 29 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 2%
Other 32 8%
Unknown 104 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 92. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 July 2022.
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