Cold Water Immersion in the Recovery of Clinical, Biochemical, Functional and Neuromuscular Markers of Muscle Damage of 10km Street Runners: Clinical, Randomized and Blinded Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 30
- Primary Endpoint
- Subjective perception of pain.
Overview
Brief Summary
Objective: To analyze the effect of cold water immersion (CWI) on the recovery of clinical, biochemical, functional and neuromuscular markers of muscle damage in 10 km street runners.
Materials and Methods: This is a randomized, blinded trial in which 30 subjects, 10 km street runners, were randomly divided into three groups: control (gC), immersion (gI) and CWI (gCWI). The runners will be evaluated for clinical (subjective perception of exertion), biochemical (serum CK), functional (unipodal triple hop distance and shuttle test time) and neuromuscular variables by means of isokinetic variables (peak torque, total work and fatigue index). Volunteers will perform pre-assessment, immediately post-race and post-intervention, and 24-hour post-intervention. The data will be expressed by mean and standard deviation, analyzed in the statistical package SPSS 20.0. A significance level of 5% and a 95% confidence interval will be considered for all measures.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Body Mass Index between 18.5 and 30 kg/m2;
- •Street runners for at least 6 months;
- •Week frequency of at least 3 times;
- •Do not present cardiopathies, muscles and neurological diseases;
Exclusion Criteria
- •Hypersensitivity or allergies to cryotherapy;
- •Unable to complete the 10 km event on the day of the evaluation;
- •Do not complete or perform any of the study procedures for any reason (phobias, do not withstand the exposure time).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Subjective perception of pain.
Time Frame: Up to 10 weeks
The subjective perception of pain will be measured by means of the visual analogic scale based on the self-report of the level of pain.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Wouber Hérickson de Brito Vieira
Principal Investigator, Clinical Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte