NCT04841733

Effectiveness of Recovery Protocols Combination in Soccer Players

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Combination of Different Post-effort Recovery Methods on Quality and Recovery Time in Semi-professional Soccer Players

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of this project is to compare the effectiveness of combining different recovery methods on perceptual and physical performance on soccer players.

Detailed description

A crossover study will be performed and players will be assigned to different recovery methods combinations after their participation in a football game. The investigators will take baseline measures before the game and post-competition measures 24 hours after the game (one hour before the recovery intervention). Moreover, another two measure moments will be used, 24 and 48 hours after the recovery intervention.

Conditions

• Soccer
• Physical Stress
• Fatigue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Foam Roller (FR)	Foam Roller (FR): participants will follow the Foam Roller protocol using a polyvinylchloride pipe roller (10.3-cm diameter, 0.3-cm thickness surrounded by a 1,5-cm thickness neoprene foam). They will begin with the Foam Roller at the most proximal portion of the muscle and to roll as much body mass as tolerable back and forth along it as smoothly as possible at a cadence of 1 second superior and 1 second inferior as determined with the metronome. Foam Roller will be performed for 45 seconds followed by a 15-second rest for each muscle group (quadriceps, adductors, hamstrings, abductors and calf) in each extremity and repeated once.
OTHER	Stretching (STR)	Stretching (STR): participants will perform 8-min of static stretching, involving 3 bilateral repetitions of 30 seconds held stretches to the quadriceps, adductors, hamstrings, abductors and calf muscles.
OTHER	Cold-Water Immersion (CWI)	Cold-Water Immersion (CWI): will be the last strategy used. Participants will immerse their lower body to the level of the hips for 10 minutes in cold water (10° C).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-18
• Primary completion: 2021-09-01
• Completion: 2021-10-01
• First posted: 2021-04-12
• Last updated: 2021-04-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain