Effectiveness of Recovery Protocols in Elite Professional Young Soccer Players

University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Soccer; Fatigue; Physical Stress

Treatments: Other: Powerade©, CHP, STR, ICWI; Other: Powerade©, CHP, CJ, FR, CWI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04716049

RCTREC001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this project is to compare two recovery protocols, including nutritional and neuromuscular strategies on inmune, physiological and muscular responses.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial will be performed and players will be assigned in one of the two groups after their participation in a football game. The investigators will take baseline measures before the game and post-competition measures immediately after (after recovery intervention) and at 24, 36, 48 hours after the recovery intervention.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elite young professional football players
• 75 minutes (at least) of game participation

Exclusion criteria

• Goalkeepers
• Injured players
• Players unable to perform at their best
• Players under medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Protocol I

Experimental group

Description:

Powerade© Carbohydrates+Protein Cherry Juice Foam Roller Cold Water Immersion

Treatment:

Other: Powerade©, CHP, CJ, FR, CWI

Protocol II

Experimental group

Description:

Powerade@ Carbohydrates+Protein Stretching Intermittent Cold-Water Immersion

Treatment:

Other: Powerade©, CHP, STR, ICWI