@misc{10481/31184,
year = {2013},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31184},
abstract = {Background

Our aim was to evaluate the recovery effects of hydrotherapy after aerobic exercise in cardiovascular, performance and perceived fatigue.
Methods

A pragmatic controlled repeated measures; single-blind trial was conducted. Thirty-four recreational sportspeople visited a Sport-Centre and were assigned to a Hydrotherapy group (experimental) or rest in a bed (control) after completing a spinning session. Main outcomes measures including blood pressure, heart rate, handgrip strength, vertical jump, self-perceived fatigue, and body temperature were assessed at baseline, immediately post-exercise and post-recovery. The hypothesis of interest was the session*time interaction.
Results

The analysis revealed significant session*time interactions for diastolic blood pressure (P=0.031), heart rate (P=0.041), self perceived fatigue (P=0.046), and body temperature (P=0.001); but not for vertical jump (P=0.437), handgrip (P=0.845) or systolic blood pressure (P=0.266). Post-hoc analysis revealed that hydrotherapy resulted in recovered heart rate and diastolic blood pressure similar to baseline values after the spinning session. Further, hydrotherapy resulted in decreased self-perceived fatigue after the spinning session.
Conclusions

Our results support that hydrotherapy is an adequate strategy to facilitate cardiovascular recovers and perceived fatigue, but not strength, after spinning exercise.},
publisher = {Biomed Central},
keywords = {Hydrotherapy},
keywords = {Heart rate},
keywords = {Fatigue},
keywords = {Strength},
keywords = {Blood pressure},
keywords = {Body temperature},
title = {Hydrotherapy as a recovery strategy after exercise: a pragmatic controlled trial},
author = {Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio I. and Travé-Mesa, Álvaro and Vera-Cabrera, Alberto and Cruz-Terrón, Dario and Castro Sánchez, Adelaida María and Fernández de las Peñas, César and Arroyo Morales, Manuel},
}