UTILIZATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECOVERY METHODS IN SPORT

Oporavak se može definirati kao kompenzacija organizma na deficite (npr. umor) koji nastaju kao posljedica vježbanja te se prema principu homeostaze može definirati kao ponovno uspostavljanje početnog stanja. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati stavove i navike korištenja sredstava oporavka kod različitih sportaša te usporediti dobivene rezultate po sportovima i spolu. Ciljana populacija bili su sportaši iz tri različita sporta (nogomet, trčanje, odbojka). Od ukupno 120 ispitanika koji su ispunili anketni upitnik njih 114 ušlo je u analizu (46 nogometaša, 35 trkača, 33 odbojkašice). Rezultati su potvrdili postavljene dvije hipoteze, da sportaši koji se bave različitim sportovima koriste različita sredstva oporavka te da postoje razlike u korištenju sredstava oporavka između muškaraca i žena. Nogometaši su češće koristili ledenu kupku, masažu, aktivni oporavak i suplementaciju, a odbojkašice istezanje. Žene češće koriste istezanje i socijaliziranje s prijateljima ili obitelji, a muškarci ledenu kupku, masažu, aktivni oporavak i suplementaciju.Recovery can be defined as the compensation of an organism in response to deficit states which can result from training and, according to the homeostatic principle, recovery is re-establishment of the initial state. The aim of this thesis was to investigate utilization and attitudes towards recovery methods in different sports and to compare obtained results by sport and gender. Subjects were athletes from three different sports (soccer, running, volleyball). Out of the initial 120 subjects that completed the survey, 114 of them were included in analysis (46 soccer players, 35 runners, 33 volleyball players). Results that were obtained confirmed two hypotheses, first that athletes who participate in different sport are using different recovery methods, and the second that there is the difference in utilization of recovery methods between men and women. Soccer players mostly used ice bath, massage, active recovery and supplements, whereas volleyball players mostly used stretching. Women used stretching and socialising with friends or family to a greater extent, whereas men preferred ice bath, massage, active recovery and supplements