Acute Recovery after a Fatigue Protocol Using a Recovery Sports Legging: An Experimental Study

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 compress...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-09, Vol.23 (17), p.7634
Main Authors: Silva, Gonçalo, Goethel, Márcio, Machado, Leandro, Sousa, Filipa, Costa, Mário Jorge, Magalhães, Pedro, Silva, Carlos, Midão, Marta, Leite, André, Couto, Suse, Silva, Ricardo, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Fernandes, Ricardo Jorge
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Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
compression
Compression therapy
Electrodes
electrostimulation
Fatigue
fatigue protocol
Injuries
Intervention
localised heating
Medical research
Skin
sports legging
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s23177634