1. Multiple Cold-Water Immersions Attenuate Muscle Damage but not Alter Systemic Inflammation and Muscle Function Recovery: A Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial
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Amilton Vieira, Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega, Nicolas Babault, João B. Ferreira-Junior, Martim Bottaro, Vinícius Carolino Souza, Rita de Cássia Marqueti, João Luiz Quagliotti Durigan, Angelina Freitas Siqueira, Physical Education Program [University of Brasilia], University of Brasilia [Brazil] (UnB), Physical Education Department [UDF University Center Brasília], UDF University Center, Brasília, Physical Education College [University of Brasilia], Federal Institute of Sudeste of Minas Gerais (IF Sudeste MG), Health Sciences Graduation Program [University of Brasilia], Rehabilitation Sciences Graduation Program [University of Brasilia], Cognition, Action, et Plasticité Sensorimotrice [Dijon - U1093] (CAPS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), 'Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico', Brazil 401453/2013-8 310359/2014-7 Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior, Brazil BEX 5191/14-9, and université de Bourgogne, CAPS
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of multiple cold-water immersions (CWIs) on muscle function, markers of muscle damage, systemic inflammation and ECM degradation following exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD). Thirty physically active males were randomly assigned to either a control (n = 15) or cold-water immersion (CWI) group (n = 15). The CWI group performed one immersion (10 °C for 20 min) at post-exercise and every 24 h for the following 72 h, while the control group remained in a seated position during these corresponding periods. Muscle strength, vertical jump height, muscle thickness, delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), systemic creatine kinase (CK), C-reactive protein (CRP), inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity were assessed at Pre, Post, 24, 48, 72, 96 and 168 h following EIMD. No significant time × group interaction was obtained for muscle strength, vertical jump height recovery and MMP-2 activity (p > 0.05). At 24 h, muscle thickness from the CWI group returned to baseline and was lower than the control (p = 0.04). DOMS returned to baseline at 168 h for the CWI group (p = 0.109) but not for the control (p = 0.008). At 168 h, CK showed a time-group difference with a greater peak for the control group (p = 0.016). In conclusion, multiple CWIs attenuated muscle damage, but not altered systemic inflammation and muscle function recovery.
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- 2018
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