Periodising Cold Water Immersion in Team Sports: Maximising Recovery and Adaptation

• 발행기관: 아시아운동학회
• 저자명: Robin Thorpe François Bieuzen Mohammed Ihsan Jill Alexander Robert Allan
• 간행물 정보: 『Physical Activity 』Vol.3 No.1, 52~60쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 예술체육 > 체육
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.05.31

국문 초록

Recovery can be defined as the process of restoring the body’s physiological and psychological function to a pre-fatigued level of performance (Versey et al., 2013) and is often considered a homeostatic rebalance (Soligard et al., 2016). In Team Sports, athletes are now routinely exposed to longitudinal demands with, in some cases, only 24-48 hours of recovery time between competition. An increased emphasis on post-exercise recovery within training programs should allow the athlete improved subsequent performance and/ or quality of training, thus maintaining a suitable or improved stimulus for physiological adaptations and ability to compete across season. Team Sport athletes are exposed to many available techniques guided to accelerate recovery, although, efficacy of such strategies lacks robust support and raises questions related to the sequencing and administering timeline of such tools. The multifactorial nature of training and competition and subsequent fatigue means that it is unlikely that one isolated intervention would be effective in enhancing recovery and there is a need to match the appropriate strategy with the physiological system. Cooling strategies, particularly cold water immersion have been shown to have favorable effects on the secondary damage phase following exercise and should be considered by athletes as an effective technique during these circumstances, particularly following games and when consolidating recovery is the primary objective. Cold water immersion appears to effect various physiological pathways including cellular signaling, protein synthesis, vascularization and immunological cascades. Therefore, cold water immersion may also be an appropriate strategy following endurance-related training in competition periods although a more critical viewpoint including contextual factors should be considered following more strength-related training sessions. A combined approach considering the contextual factors and the physiological perturbations provides a suitable foundation to effectively periodise cold water immersion and maximise the intended outcome across the stress-recovery-adaptation in Team Sports.