Effect of Cold-Water Immersion on Handgrip Performance in Rock Climbers

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F18%3A10381219" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/18:10381219 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2018-0012" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2018-0012</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2018-0012" target="_blank" >10.1123/ijspp.2018-0012</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effect of Cold-Water Immersion on Handgrip Performance in Rock Climbers

Original language description

Purpose: To determine the effect of 2 cold-water-immersion (CWI) temperatures (15 degrees C and 8 degrees C) on repeat handgrip performance to failure. Methods: A total of 32 participants completed 3 intermittent trials to failure on a climbing-specific handgrip dynamometer on 3 laboratory visits. For each visit, a different recovery strategy was employed: passive (PAS) recovery, CWI at 8 degrees C (CW8), or CWI at 15 degrees C (CW15). The force time integral (FTI: time of contraction multiplied by the force of contraction) was determined to assess handgrip performance. Results: There was no significant difference between recovery strategies at the end of trial 1. In response to the PAS recovery strategy, there were 10% and 22% decreases in FTI in the second and third trials, respectively. The PAS recovery-strategy FTI values were lower than both CWI strategies for trials 2 and 3 (P &lt; .05). FTI increased in the second trial (up arrow 32% and up arrow 38%; P &lt; .05) for both immersion strategies (CW8 and CW15, respectively) compared with trial 1. During the third trial, FTI was significantly higher for CW15 than CW8 (up arrow 27% and down arrow 4% with respect to baseline trial; P &lt; .05). Conclusions: The results suggest that CWI has potential performance advantages over PAS recovery for rock climbing. The data show that in events where multiple recoveries are required, 15 degrees C CWI may be more beneficial for climbers than 8 degrees C CWI. Future research should focus on the optimization of protocols for sport performance.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

ISSN

1555-0265

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

3

Pages from-to

1097-1099

UT code for WoS article

000446097100020

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85054585119