Blood Flow Restriction and Recovery in Soccer Players

University of the Balearic Islands

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resistance Training; Recovery

Treatments: Device: Blood flow restriction recovery; Other: Active recovery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05097027

221CER21

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective is to evaluate the effects of blood flow restriction training on the post-competition recovery of professional and semi-professional soccer players. Randomized crossover clinical trial, with two intervention groups: Experimental group I will carry out a recovery training based on the use of the blood flow restriction (BFR) on day 1 post-competition. On the other hand, the Experimental II group will perform the same recovery training without the use of BFR. After 1 month the groups will cross their intervention and make the recovery with the opposite method to the initial one. The study will be carried out during the 2021-2022 season, from first regional to third division of Spanish soccer, with soccer teams from the Mallorca Island. Before the competition, the countermovement jump (CMJ) will be evaluated and repeated at 0, 24, and 72 h after the competition. The levels of muscle soreness (DOMS) will be evaluated pre-post-competition 0, 24, 48 and 72h later. The same procedure will be carried out to evaluate muscle fatigue, sleep quality, and stress through a questionnaire that athletes will fill out pre, 0, 24, 48 and 72h after the game. Sociodemographic and anthropometric data will be collected before starting the study.

Full description

W-UP:

The warm-up will consist of 5 minutes running slow, 5 minutes mobility, and 5 minutes of running exercises. In addition, the warm-up will contain a familiarization with the jump test.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 14 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 50 Minutes or more playing during the last match.

Exclusion criteria

• No injuries players.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Blood flow restriction recovery (Experimental I)

Experimental group

Description:

Active recovery program with blood flow restriction using a periodization methodology in soccer. (Post-match +1 training).

Treatment:

Device: Blood flow restriction recovery

Non-Blood flow restriction recovery (Experimental II)

Experimental group

Description:

Active recovery program without blood flow restriction using a periodization methodology in soccer. (Post-match +1 training).

Treatment:

Other: Active recovery