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In recent years our understanding of the physical demands of soccer has improved. We know that the intensity at which the game is played has increased and that the fixture schedules for professional teams can often be very congested. These factors are likely to have increased the importance placed on the physical condition of players. Therefore, the process of monitoring the fitness levels of players is likely to be an important task within clubs. Any fitness assessments that are employed need to be sensitive enough to detect changes that may result from different training stimuli. A further critical consideration for clubs is what are the best practices to implement in order to maximise recover between matches? The two areas that are central to successful recovery of performance are the restoration of muscle and liver glycogen stores and the rapid reduction of muscle soreness. We have a good understanding of the importance of carbohydrate feeding in the immediate hours following the completion of exercise, furthermore that high levels of carbohydrate consumed during short recovery periods can improve subsequent endurance running capacity in both continuous and intermittent exercise. However, there is dearth of literature investigating the effects that different types (glycemic index) of carbohydrates have on subsequent performance of high intensity intermittent exercise. Furthermore, we know that the movement patterns experienced in soccer commonly induce symptoms of muscle damage. Despite this there is little research based information on modalities that reduce these potentially detrimental side-effects (Bamett, 2006). For these reasons the series of investigations that have been conducted in this thesis were designed with the intent to examine areas that are critical to the preparation and recovery of soccer players. The first of five experimental chapters collated information on the use of fitness testing within English professional football. It was concluded that the practise of fitness testing players is extremely commonplace and that field-based testing protocols were far more popular an assessment method. The second experimental chapter went on to demonstrate that the most commonly used fitness test within professional football (MSFT) was sensitive enough to detect performance changes that occur as a result of training. A further finding within the context of the question was that it is possible for female players to significantly improve aerobic capabilities with additional high intensity aerobic training. The third experimental chapter investigated the effect different glycemic index high CHO diets could have on recovery of performance following 90 min of intermittent soccer type exercise. This study concluded that consuming either predominately high or low GI CHO mixed meals in the 24h recovery period between bouts of high intensity prolonged intermittent exercise had no difference on measures of performance. The final two experimental chapters went on to investigate the effects of cold water immersion on indices of muscle damage following intermittent exercise. Results from these investigations suggest that submerging individuals in 10°C water immediately following high intensity intermittent exercise reduces some but not all indices of muscle damage. In summary, fitness assessments of players are commonly made within professional football clubs. The most common test used was the MSFT and this appears to be sensitive to changes that result as a consequence of training. During recovery from high intensity intermittent exercise the importance of carbohydrates is apparent although the type of carbohydrate appears to be less important, furthermore, cold-water immersion may be effective in reducing some but not all indices of muscle damage.

Background: Compression garments are elastic, body-tight pieces of clothing with different pressure gradients used as a recovery method after exercise, such as strength training. Compression garments have increased in popularity within recreational and elite athletes as it is believed that they promote a reduction of muscle soreness and inflammation, which in turn may enhance performance. However, the exact physiological, psychological and performance enhancing effects of compression garments after recovery still remain unknown. Aim: To investigate whether female and male recreational athletes wearing full leg customised compression garments for at least 15 hours following a personalised strength training workout leads to an improvement in anaerobic sprint cycling performance as well as a reduction of perceived muscle soreness. Additionally a sleep quality assessment was conducted to assess the effects of the garments during sleep. Methods: Thirteen male and female subjects took part of a cross-over, randomised, controlled study. Subjects performed the first set of tests including Wingate anaerobic sprint test followed by their personalised strength training workout, after which they recovered with Compression Garments (CGS) or without compression garments (CON). They then returned 24hrs later to perform the second set of tests. Ten days later the same procedure was conducted however the other recovery method was used. Results: No significantdifferences were found between CGS and CON for the Wingate anaerobic test performance. Perceived muscle soreness was lower when subjects wore the garments and they felt better recovered 24hrs post-intervention compared to the CON condition. Some aspects of sleep were affected by wearing the compression garments during sleep however it was unclear whether this had an impact on performance. Conclusion: Recovering with customised full leg compression garments did not promote an improvement of physiological power performance 24 hours after a personalised strength training workout session. However perceived muscle soreness was reduced and the perception of recovery improved. The compression garments caused some sleep disturbances as subjects rated that they were too warm, suggesting a possible drawback of recovering with garments if worn during sleep.

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Neįprasti didelio intensyvumo (ypač ekscentriniai) raumenų susitraukimai gali sukelti raumenų pažaidą (Yanagisawa et al., 2011; Neme et al., 2013), kuri pasireiškia sumažėjusia raumenų susitraukimo jėga Byrne et al., 2004; Skurvydas et al., 2010) miofibrilių Z linijos morfologiniais pokyčiais (Feasson et al., 2002), baltymų ištekėjimu iš pažeistų raumens skaidulų, raumenų skausmu, patinimu ir padidėjusiu standumu (Malisoux et al., 2006; Chen et al., 2013). Pažaida dažna pradėjus intensyviai treniruotis po santykinai mažo fizinio aktyvumo laikotarpio arba kaitant krūvio parametrus (intensyvumą, apimtį) siekiant išvengti monotonijos ir sukelti didžiausią adaptacinį atsaką (Bompa, 1999; Issurin, 2010). Ankstesniuose tyrimuose taikyti vienodo dydžio krūviai neatitinka sportinių pratybų specifiškumo (Nosaka, Clarkson, 1995; Chen, Hsieh, 2001): pratybose krūvio apimtis ir intensyvumas nuolatos keičiami, taikomos įvairios krūvio didinimo strategijos. Išlieka neaišku, kaip kinta raumenų pažaida ir motorinė funkcija didinant fizinį krūvį taikant skirtingas strategijas. Kėlėme hipotezę, kad: 1) nuosekliai didinamas krūvis sukelia mažesnę raumenų pažaidą, palyginti su staigiai didinamu krūviu, nes motorinė sistema labai jautriai reaguoja į krūvio didinimo greitį; 2) treniruotės ciklo metu periodiškai pasireiškianti didesnė raumenų pažaida dėl superkompensacijos gali sukelti didesnę ilgalaikę griaučių raumenų adaptaciją (masės ir jėgos prieaugį). R. Lynn ir D. L. Morgan (1994) nustatė... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Unaccustomed muscle exercise, especially when it involves high-strain eccentric contractions, causes muscle damage (Yanagisawa et al., 2011; Neme et al., 2013). Muscle damage manifests in altered Z-disk morphology (Feasson et al., 2002), prolonged impairment of muscle force (Byrne et al., 2004; Skurvydas et al., 2010), protein leakage from injured muscle fibres, delayed-onset muscle soreness, and increased passive muscle stiffness and swelling (Malisoux et al., 2006; Chen et al., 2013). Muscle damage is frequently induced by sports training, where physical load parameters are being varied on the temporal scale to avoid monotony and maximize the adaptations (Bompa 1999; Issurin, 2010). However, there are limited data on the development of muscle damage and its impact on muscle function when variant exercise training schemes are applied. More needs to be learned about the impact of different strategies of load increase on exercise-induced muscle damage in order to identify progression regimes that can optimize neuromuscular adaptation processes. Therefore, we have followed the dynamics of muscle function during the stretch–shortening exercise with differently increasing load. We increased training stimulus by varying the volume, intensity, and range of motion. According to Nosaka (2008), these components of the eccentric contraction training are the most important for adaptation of the skeletal muscle. We hypothesized that the progressive increase in training load would induce... [to full text]

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Aim: Fatigue during team sports requiring multiple sprints can result from the combined effects of metabolic, mechanical, neurological, and immune factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of capsaicin on performance of and the physiological response to an exercise test simulating the fitness demands of team sport game conditions. Methods: This study was a placebo-controlled, crossover design. Nineteen healthy male experienced athletes age 18-30 yr consumed either 3 g/d cayenne (25.8 mg/d capsaicin) or placebo for 1 wk. Directly following the supplementation period, they completed a repeated sprint test consisting of 15 30 m maximal effort sprints on 35 s intervals. Sprint times were recorded via electronic dual-beam timing system. Fasted blood draws for interleukin-6 (IL-6) were taken at baseline prior to supplementation, 45-min pretest, and immediately post test. Heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), rate of perceived exertion (RPE), muscle soreness (MS), and gastrointestinal distress (GD) were measured 1-min pretest, during, posttest, and 1-min posttest. MS was also measured for 3 d posttest. Results: Relative to the placebo, capsaicin significantly reduced maximum HR by 9.3%, total average HR by 8.5%, and sprinting average HR by 6.0% (P<0.05). Capsaicin caused GD of at least 2/5 in 24.5% of subjects. There was no difference between treatments in fastest or mean sprint time, fatigue, percent change or difference in IL-6, BP, RPE, sprint or posttest MS. Conclusion: Capsaicin did not influence repeated sprint performance or the inflammatory response, but reduced HR during intense activity and causes substantial GD. / Master of Science

The purpose of this study was to determine which MT techniques current licensed massage therapists practicing sports massage are using to treat delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by conducting an anonymous online survey of practicing sports massage therapists. The secondary purpose was to determine if previous sports massage research protocols match current practices in sports massage to treat DOMS. There were 85 anonymous respondents ranging in age from 24 to 74 years with a mean age of 44.5 years. Participants included 55 female (65.5%) and 29 male (34.5%) therapists. Professional experience ranged from 4 years or less to more than 20 years, and the majority reported having training specific to sports massage. Previous research methods have placed an overwhelming emphasis on effleurage and petrissage in the treatment protocols to test the effects of massage on DOMS. However, practicing therapists rely on many more techniques and modalities when giving sports massage treatments for DOMS. On a scale of 1 to 5 respondents rated the importance of effleurage strokes in their sports massage treatment at 3.3, petrissage strokes averaged 3.4, friction 3.3, and tapotement ranked slightly lower with a weighted average of 2.1. Sixty six percent of respondents reported that they use stretching techniques often or always. Myofascial release techniques are used sometimes or often for 65% of the respondents, but fewer utilize manual lymphatic drainage in their sports massage. Additional techniques besides those mentioned in the survey are used by 64% of the respondents.

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