Efeito da recupera??o por imers?o em ?gua, a diferentes temperaturas, sobre o desempenho f?sico ap?s uma sess?o de exerc?cio prolongado

?rea de concentra??o: Fisiologia do exerc?cio.Atletas de v?rias modalidades desportivas realizam mais de uma sess?o de treinamento por dia. Diversas estrat?gias t?m sido utilizadas com o intuito de acelerar a recupera??o p?s-exerc?cio. Embora a imers?o em ?gua seja uma estrat?gia comum entre os atletas, a sua efic?cia na acelera??o da recupera??o ainda n?o est? estabelecida, e os efeitos da temperatura da ?gua na imers?o sobre o desempenho n?o s?o claros. Sendo assim, este estudo avaliou os efeitos da recupera??o passiva por imers?o em ?gua, em diferentes temperaturas, sobre o desempenho ap?s uma sess?o de exerc?cio. Nove homens, jovens, fisicamente ativos, participaram de quatro sess?es experimentais randomizadas compostas por exerc?cio exc?ntrico (3 x 10 repeti??es a 100% de uma repeti??o m?xima) e 90 minutos de corrida em esteira rolante a 70% do pico de consumo de oxig?nio. Em seguida, os volunt?rios recuperaram durante 45 minutos, distribu?dos em 15 minutos de imers?o em ?gua a 15, 28 ou 38?C sentados e 30 minutos deitados em repouso a temperatura ambiente (20 ? 2? C). Na sess?o controle (CON), durante a recupera??o, os volunt?rios permaneceram sentados durante 15 minutos ? temperatura ambiente. Quatro horas ap?s o final do exerc?cio experimental, os volunt?rios foram submetidos ? corrida de intensidade autorregulada m?xima de 5 km seguido do teste de Wingate para avaliar o desempenho f?sico. A temperatura retal (Tret), a frequ?ncia card?aca (FC) e sua variabilidade (VFC) foram medidas ao longo de toda a sess?o. O consumo excessivo de oxig?nio p?s-exerc?cio (EPOC) foi medido durante a recupera??o. Os marcadores do dano muscular, creatina quinase (CK) e aspartato amino transferase (AST) e a contagem de leuc?citos totais foram medidas antes e ap?s o exerc?cio, ap?s imers?o, antes e ap?s o desempenho, e 24 horas ap?s o exerc?cio experimental. A velocidade m?dia na corrida de intensidade autorregulada m?xima de 5 km e a pot?ncia pico relativano teste de Wingate n?o foram diferentes entre as condi??es experimentais. A imers?o em ?gua a 15?C reduziu a Tret, a FC e os ?ndices de VFC a valores de repouso, ap?s a recupera??o. O EPOC foi maior na imers?o em ?gua a 15?C e a 28?C. Durante a corrida de intensidade autorregulada de 5 km e do teste Wingate, a Tret e a FC n?o foram diferentes entre as condi??es experimentais. A sess?o de exerc?cio experimental induziu dano muscular e leucocitose. Entretanto, n?o houve diferen?a nos n?veis s?ricos de CK, AST e no n?mero de leuc?citos totais entre as condi??es experimentais. A recupera??o por imers?o em ?gua,a diferentes temperaturas, n?o foi efetiva em modificar o desempenho f?sico 4 horas ap?s uma sess?o de exerc?cio prolongado.Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa Multic?ntrico de P?s-gradua??o em Ci?ncias Fisiol?gicas, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2012.Athletes of several sport modalities regularly train more than once a day. Several strategies have been used in order to accelerate post-exercise recovery. Although water immersion is a common strategy among athletes, it effectiveness in accelerate the recovery is not yet established, and the effects of temperature water immersion on performance are not clear. Thus, this study evaluated the effects of passive recovery water immersion at different temperatures on performance following an exercise session.Nine physically active men (24 ? 6 years old, 72 ? 13 kg, 177 ? 7 cm, peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) of 55 ? 4 mL?kg- 1?min-1), participated of four randomized experimental sessions. Each session consisted of eccentric knee flexion (3 x 10 repetitions of 100% from one maximum repetition) and 90 minutes of treadmill running at 70% of VO2peak, followed by 15 minutes of passive recovery by water immersion at 15?C, 28?C or 38?C and 30 minutes resting in supine position at room temperature (20 ? 2?C). In the control session, volunteers remained seated for 15 minutes at room temperature after exercise. After four hours of resting, in order to evaluate recovery strategies, the volunteers underwent a 5 km of maximal self-paced treadmill running followed by the Wingate test. Prior to experimental sessions, rested volunteers completed 5 km of maximal self-paced running and the Wingate test, which were used as reference performance values. Rectal temperature (Tret), heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability indexes (HRV indexes) were measured through the entire session. Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) was measured during recovery period. The markers of muscle damage, creatine kinase (CK) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and total leukocyte count were measured before and after exercise, after immersion, before and after performance tests, and 24 hours after the experimental exercise. Average speed during 5 km of maximal self-paced treadmill running and relative peak power during Wingate test were not different between experimental conditions. Water immersion at 15?C reduced Tret, HR and HRV indexes to baseline values after recovery. EPOC was higher in water immersion at 15?C and 28?C. During 5 km of maximal self-paced treadmill running and Wingate test, Tret and HR were not different between experimental conditions. The experimental exercise session induced muscle damage and leukocytosis. However, there was no difference in serum CK, AST and total leukocyte count between experimental conditions.The recovery by water immersion at different temperatures was not effective in modify the physical performance 4 hours after a session of prolonged exercise