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- Title
Partial-body cryostimulation procured performance and perceptual improvements in amateur middle-distance runners.
- Authors
De Nardi, Massimo; Filipas, Luca; Facheris, Carlo; Righetti, Stefano; Tengattini, Marco; Faelli, Emanuela; Bisio, Ambra; Gallo, Gabriele; La Torre, Antonio; Ruggeri, Piero; Codella, Roberto
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of partial-body cryostimulation on middle-distance runners before two 3000-m tests at the speed of the first and second ventilatory threshold, and before a time to exhaustion test at 110% of the maximal aerobic speed. Twelve amateur runners (age: 46 ± 9 years; VO2max: 51.7 ± 4.9 ml·kg-1·min-1) completed six running testing sessions in a randomized counterbalanced cross-over fashion: three of them were preceded by a partial-body cryostimulation and the other three by a control condition. The testing sessions consisted of: 1) a 3000-m continuous running test at the speed of the first ventilatory threshold; 2) a 3000-m continuous running test at the speed of the second ventilatory threshold; 3) a time to exhaustion test at 110% of the maximal aerobic speed. Heart rate, ratings of perceived exertion and visual analogue scale relative to muscle pain were recorded throughout the tests. Total quality recovery was evaluated 24–48 h after the end of each test. Distance to exhaustion was higher after partial-body cryostimulation than control condition (p = 0.018; partial-body cryostimulation: 988 ± 332 m, control: 893 ± 311 m). There were differences in the ratings of perceived exertion during each split of the 3000-m continuous running test at the speed of the second ventilatory threshold (p = 0.001). Partial-body cryostimulation can be positively considered to enhance middle-distance running performance and reduce perception of effort in amateur runners.
- Subjects
ANAEROBIC threshold; RUNNING speed; RATE of perceived exertion; FATIGUE (Physiology); MYALGIA; VISUAL analog scale
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0288700