Acute Recovery after a Fatigue Protocol Using a Recovery Sports Legging: An Experimental Study.
Sensors (Basel)
; 23(17)2023 Sep 03.
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| ID: mdl-37688089
ABSTRACT
Enhancing recovery is a fundamental component of high-performance sports training since it enables practitioners to potentiate physical performance and minimise the risk of injuries. Using a new sports legging embedded with an intelligent system for electrostimulation, localised heating and compression (completely embodied into the textile structures), we aimed to analyse acute recovery following a fatigue protocol. Surface electromyography- and torque-related variables were recorded on eight recreational athletes. A fatigue protocol conducted in an isokinetic dynamometer allowed us to examine isometric torque and consequent post-exercise acute recovery after using the sports legging. Regarding peak torque, no differences were found between post-fatigue and post-recovery assessments in any variable; however, pre-fatigue registered a 16% greater peak torque when compared with post-fatigue for localised heating and compression recovery methods. Our data are supported by recent meta-analyses indicating that individual recovery methods, such as localised heating, electrostimulation and compression, are not effective to recover from a fatiguing exercise. In fact, none of the recovery methods available through the sports legging tested was effective in acutely recovering the torque values produced isometrically.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Athletic Performance
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Athletes
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sensors (Basel)
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Portugal