Cryotherapy is utilized as a physical intervention in the treatment of injury and exercise
recovery. Traditionally, ice is used in the treatment of musculoskeletal injury while cold water …

Intense training results in numerous physiological perturbations such as muscle damage,
hyperthermia, dehydration and glycogen depletion. Insufficient/untimely restoration of these …

Key points Cold water immersion is a popular strategy to recover from exercise. However,
whether regular cold water immersion influences muscle adaptations to strength training is …

This review is based on a multiple database survey on published literature to determine the
effects on health following voluntary exposure to cold-water immersion (CWI) in humans …

We investigated the effect of cold water immersion (CWI) on the recovery of muscle function
and physiological responses after high-intensity resistance exercise. Using a randomized …

Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) describes an entity of ultrastructural muscle
damage. The manifestation of DOMS is caused by eccentric muscle contractions or …

The use of cold-water immersion (CWI) for postexercise recovery has become increasingly
prevalent in recent years, but there is a dearth of strong scientific evidence to support the …

Key points Protein ingestion and cooling are strategies employed by athletes to improve
postexercise recovery and, as such, to facilitate muscle conditioning. However, whether …

Background Cold-water immersion (CWI) is one of the main recovery methods used in
sports, and is commonly utilized as a means to expedite the recovery of performance during …

Performing exercise, especially in hot conditions, can heat the body, causing significant
increases in internal body temperature. To offset this increase, powerful and highly …