Hydrotherapy as a recovery strategy after exercise: a pragmatic controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our aim was to evaluate the recovery effects of hydrotherapy after aerobic exercise in cardiovascular, performance and perceived fatigue.

Methods

A pragmatic controlled repeated measures; single-blind trial was conducted. Thirty-four recreational sportspeople visited a Sport-Centre and were assigned to a Hydrotherapy group (experimental) or rest in a bed (control) after completing a spinning session. Main outcomes measures including blood pressure, heart rate, handgrip strength, vertical jump, self-perceived fatigue, and body temperature were assessed at baseline, immediately post-exercise and post-recovery. The hypothesis of interest was the session*time interaction.

Results

The analysis revealed significant session*time interactions for diastolic blood pr

SUBMITTER: Cuesta-Vargas AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3720553 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature