Lin Shi-Di, Chen Trevor C, Wang Hung-Hao
Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan.
Sports (Basel). 2025 Aug 27;13(9):290. doi: 10.3390/sports13090290.
Cryocompression, an emerging therapy combining cryotherapy and compression therapy, has limited evidence regarding its effects on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage.
This study aimed to compare the effects of cryotherapy (CT), normothermic water compression (NWC), and cryocompression (CC) on muscle damage, proprioception, and performance following eccentric exercise. Forty healthy male participants performed 30 sets of 10 maximal isokinetic eccentric contractions (30°/s) of the quadriceps of the non-dominant leg. Muscle damage indicators [thigh circumference (CIR), muscle soreness measured by visual analog scale (VAS)], proprioception [position sense (PS), force sense (FS)], and performance parameters [range of motion (ROM), maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC)] were assessed before and on days 1-5 following eccentric exercise. Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc tests was used to evaluate group × time interactions.
Significant interactions were observed for CIR between the CT, NWC and CC groups compared to the control group, as well as for VAS scores between the CC and CON groups ( < 0.05). No other outcome measures showed significant interactions ( > 0.05). The control group showed a peak CIR increase of ~6.6 mm (day 3) versus 2.4 mm (CT), 3.6 mm (NWC), and 2.1 mm (CC). By day 5, the control group remained elevated at 5.2 mm, while CT returned to baseline by day 4. NWC and CC groups showed no significant changes on days 1-5. VAS scores in the CON group peaked at ~77 mm on day 2, not returning by day 5, whereas the CC group reached 48 mm and returned to baseline by day 3.
Cryocompression reduced limb swelling and muscle soreness, as well as post-exercise-induced muscle damage, and NWC mitigated limb swelling, but none significantly affected proprioception or performance parameters.
冷冻加压疗法是一种将冷冻疗法和加压疗法相结合的新兴疗法，但其对运动引起的肌肉损伤恢复的影响证据有限。
本研究旨在比较冷冻疗法（CT）、常温水加压疗法（NWC）和冷冻加压疗法（CC）对离心运动后肌肉损伤、本体感觉和运动表现的影响。40名健康男性参与者对非优势腿的股四头肌进行30组，每组10次最大等速离心收缩（30°/秒）。在离心运动前以及运动后第1 - 5天评估肌肉损伤指标[大腿围（CIR）、用视觉模拟量表（VAS）测量的肌肉酸痛程度]、本体感觉[位置觉（PS）、力觉（FS）]和运动表现参数[活动范围（ROM）、最大自主等长收缩（MVIC）]。采用双向重复测量方差分析及Tukey事后检验来评估组间×时间的交互作用。
与对照组相比，CT、NWC和CC组之间的CIR以及CC组和对照组之间的VAS评分存在显著交互作用（P < 0.05）。其他结果指标均未显示出显著交互作用（P > 0.05）。对照组的CIR峰值增加约6.6毫米（第3天），而CT组为2.4毫米，NWC组为3.6毫米，CC组为2.1毫米。到第5天，对照组仍升高至5.2毫米，而CT组在第4天恢复到基线水平。NWC组和CC组在第1 - 5天无显著变化。对照组的VAS评分在第2天达到峰值约77毫米，到第5天仍未恢复，而CC组达到48毫米并在第3天恢复到基线水平。
冷冻加压疗法可减轻肢体肿胀和肌肉酸痛以及运动后引起的肌肉损伤，常温水加压疗法可减轻肢体肿胀，但均未显著影响本体感觉或运动表现参数。
