Angelopoulos Pavlos, Diakoronas Anastasios, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios, Tsekoura Maria, Xaplanteri Panagiota, Koumoundourou Dimitra, Saki Farzaneh, Billis Evdokia, Tsepis Elias, Fousekis Konstantinos
Therapeutic Exercise and Sports Performance Lab, Physical Therapy Department, University of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece.
Department of Microbiology, University General Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Dec 5;10(12):2449. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122449.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of cold-water immersion (CWI) and sports massage on delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in amateur athletes. Sixty male amateur athletes were randomised into four equal groups ( = 15) receiving either CWI, sports massage, their combination, or served as controls after applying plyometric training to their lower extremities. The main outcomes measures were pain, exertion, rectus femoris perimeter, knee flexion range of motion, knee extensors isometric strength and serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels examined before the plyometric training, immediately after the treatment, and 24, 48 and 72 h post exercise. We observed no significant differences between study groups in the most tested variables. CWI improved pain compared to the combined application of CWI and sports massage, and the control group both on the second and third day post exercise. Sports massage combined with CWI also led to a significant reduction in pain sensation compared to the control group. In conclusion the treatment interventions used were effective in reducing pain but were unable to affect other important adaptations of DOMS. Based on the above, sports scientists should reconsider the wide use of these interventions as a recovery strategy for athletes with DOMS.
本研究旨在探讨冷水浸泡（CWI）和运动按摩对业余运动员延迟性肌肉酸痛（DOMS）的影响。60名男性业余运动员被随机分为四组（每组n = 15），在对其下肢进行增强式训练后，分别接受CWI、运动按摩、两者结合的处理，或作为对照组。主要观察指标包括疼痛、疲劳感、股直肌周长、膝关节活动度、膝关节伸肌等长力量以及血清肌酸磷酸激酶（CPK）水平，这些指标在增强式训练前、治疗后即刻以及运动后24、48和72小时进行检测。我们观察到，在大多数检测变量上，各研究组之间没有显著差异。与CWI和运动按摩联合应用组以及对照组相比，CWI在运动后第二天和第三天减轻了疼痛。与对照组相比，运动按摩与CWI结合也显著减轻了疼痛感。总之，所采用的治疗干预措施在减轻疼痛方面是有效的，但无法影响DOMS的其他重要适应性变化。基于以上情况，运动科学家应重新考虑广泛使用这些干预措施作为DOMS运动员的恢复策略。
