Cold Water Immersion and Recovery
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Post-exercise Cold Water Immersion
- Interventions
- Other: Water immersion
- Registration Number
- NCT02596542
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Cold-water immersion (CWI) is a frequently applied strategy to accelerate post-exercise recovery in both recreational as well as professional athletes. However, the effect of repeated post-exercise CWI on other recovery strategies remains unclear.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 12
Inclusion Criteria
- Males
- Aged between 18-35 years
- Healthy, recreationally active
- BMI < 25 kg/m2
- The ability to comply with the protocol (i.e. the set-up for the CWI is designed for subjects that are at least 1.70 m or taller).
Exclusion Criteria
- Smoking
- Allergies to milk proteins (whey or casein)
- Female
- Arthritic conditions
- A history of neuromuscular problems
- Recent (<1 y) participation in amino acid tracer studies
- Individuals on any medications known to affect protein metabolism (i.e. corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, or prescription strength acne medications).
- Individuals with GI diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Water temperature Water immersion -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle protein synthesis (expressed as fractional synthetic rate (FSR in %/h) 2 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle temperature (expressed as degrees celsius) 1 day Glycogen concentration (expressed as micromol glycosol units*g dry wt) 1 day
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Maastricht University
🇳🇱Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands