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Recovery following a marathon: a comparison of cold water immersion, whole body cryotherapy and a placebo control.

Laura Jane WilsonEmma CockburnKatherine PaiceScott SinclairTanwir FakiFrank A HillsMarcela B GondekAlyssa WoodLygeri Dimitriou
Published in: European journal of applied physiology (2017)
The findings show WBC has a negative impact on muscle function, perceptions of soreness and a number of blood parameters compared to CWI, contradicting the suggestion that WBC may be a superior recovery strategy. Further, cryotherapy is no more effective than a placebo intervention at improving functional recovery or perceptions of training stress following a marathon. These findings lend further evidence to suggest that treatment belief and the placebo effect may be largely responsible for the beneficial effects of cryotherapy on recovery following a marathon.
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