Cold Water Immersion and Recovery (CWI)

Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post-exercise Cold Water Immersion

Treatments: Other: Water immersion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02596542

METC 153038

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cold-water immersion (CWI) is a frequently applied strategy to accelerate post-exercise recovery in both recreational as well as professional athletes. However, the effect of repeated post-exercise CWI on other recovery strategies remains unclear.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males
• Aged between 18-35 years
• Healthy, recreationally active
• BMI < 25 kg/m2
• The ability to comply with the protocol (i.e. the set-up for the CWI is designed for subjects that are at least 1.70 m or taller).

Exclusion criteria

• Smoking
• Allergies to milk proteins (whey or casein)
• Female
• Arthritic conditions
• A history of neuromuscular problems
• Recent (<1 y) participation in amino acid tracer studies
• Individuals on any medications known to affect protein metabolism (i.e. corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, or prescription strength acne medications).
• Individuals with GI diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Water temperature

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Water immersion