Cold and Warm Water for Performance Recovery

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Repeated Cold- and Warm Water Immersion on Performance Recovery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04902924
• Other study ID #: 2021-00546
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall aim of this study is, to evaluate the effectiveness of repeated cold- and warm water immersion on performance recovery after muscle damage.

Description:

Participants perform a muscle-damage protocol, which comprises 5x20 drop jumps. After the exercise protocol is finished, the participants will undergo one of three recovery interventions. Cold-water immersion, Warm-water immersion or the control-intervention. During the exercise protocol and the recovery intervention following parameters will be assessed: Blood oxygenation, Muscle oxygenation, heart-rate, skin temperature and core temperature.

Then, performance recovery will be assessed during the following 72 hrs (in a 24 hrs interval).

At each time-point, following measurements will be conducted: vertical-jump performance, maximum voluntary isometric contraction of the m.quadriceps femoris muscle, muscle swelling and delayed-onset of muscle soreness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy participants

• No surgeries

• No previous injuries

• Anticonceptiva allowed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute injuries or current pain situations

• Cryophobia

• Fear

• Pregnancy

• Raynaud syndrome

• Medication intake

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• repeated cold water therapy
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• repeated warm water therapy
This information can be found the description of the experimental arm.

Other:
• control
This information can be found the description of the experimental arm.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland	Landquart	GR

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	maximun voluntary isometric contraction (Nm)	maximun voluntary isometric contraction of the knee extensor muscle will be assessed.	baseline to 72 hours
Primary	vertical jump performance (cm)	maximum vertical jump performance will be measured	baseline to 72 hours
Primary	delayed onset of muscle soreness (units)	delayed onset of muscle soreness will be measured using a 0-10 scale, where 0 indicated no soreness and 10 indicates maximum soreness of the knee extensor muscles	baseline to 72 hours
Primary	muscle swelling (mm)	swelling of the knee extensor muscle will be performed using a ultrasound device.	baseline to 72 hours
Primary	Creatine-kinase (U/l)	using a blood sample (6 ml), creatine-kinase will be assessed	baseline to 72 hours
Primary	blood oxygenation (%)	Blood oxygenation will be measured using near-infrared spectroscopy device at the finger	through recovery intervention up to 1 hour
Primary	muscle blood oxygenation (%)	Muscle oxygenation will be measured using near-infrared spectroscopy device at the knee extensor muscle	through recovery intervention up to 1 hour
Primary	skin temperature (°C)	Skin temperature will be measured using a near infrared thermography camera	through recovery intervention up to 1 hour
Primary	core temperature (°C)	core temperature will be measured using temperature pill that will provide real time values from the gastrointestinal region	through recovery intervention up to 1 hour