2021, Vol. 8, Issue 4, Part B

Methods: 11 Healthy male subjects visited a total of three times including a familiarization visit. Following the 10-min rest, vertical jump and reaction time trials were performed before and after a traditional 30s-anaerobic Wingate test (WAnT). Following 10-min recovery period with or without a cooling suit for lower body, this procedure was repeated one more time. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was utilized to analyze jump performance and reaction time.

Results: Time to reaction and time to take-off during reaction time test were not changed throughout the entire test and no differences between recovery modes were found (p>0.05 for all). After 10 min recovery, vertical jump performance was partially recovered in both recovery groups. However, there was no effect of cooling recovery relative to the control counterpart (P<0.05 for all).

Conclusion: Data from the current study show that 10-min acute cooling would not improve subsequent vertical jump and reaction time performance following fatigued exercise. Further investigation regarding the effects of cooling on various functional performances is warranted.