Resumen :
Introducción: Las prácticas hidroterápicas vienen realizándose desde la antigüedad griega. A partir del siglo XIX, se divide en dos ambientes el balneario, donde los médicos de baño son generalmente catedráticos de universidad que atienden a pacientes adinerados, y la hidroterapia de gente más pobr... Ver más
Introduction: Hydrotherapy practices have been carried out since ancient Greek times. Starting in the 19th century, the spa has been divided into two environments, where bath doctors are generally university professors who attend to wealthy patients, and hydrotherapy for poorer people, treated by naturopathic doctors. Water achieves its therapeutic effects thanks to providing the body with mechanical and/or thermal energy. In the last thirteen years, the idea of using cold water immersion in post-sports recovery in soccer players has arisen.
Objectives: The main purpose of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of immersion in cold water of the physical exercise performed in the sport of soccer.
Methods: To solve the question, a search was made in the Pudmed, Scopus, Cochrane, Science Direct and Pedro databases with the keywords "Hydrotherapy", "Physical Therapy Modalities" and "soccer" joined by the boolean operator. “AND.” The articles included are from the last thirteen years to the present.
Results: After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 7 randomized clinical trials were selected, in which the effects of cold water immersion on muscle pain, muscle fatigue, muscle damage, heart rate and sports exercise tests.
Conclusion: Immersion in cold water is effective in reducing pain, muscle damage and when performing sports exercise tests. It has an evident improvement in terms of muscle fatigue, however, the effects it produces on heart rate are not clear. For this reason, this type of study could be recommended to improve performance in soccer players after the physical effort used in a soccer match.
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