Ice bath study aims to boost college athlete recovery
NCT ID NCT06565468
Summary
This study tested whether taking cold water baths helps college athletes recover better from intense training. Seventy-five UCLA volleyball, football, and cross-country athletes tried two weeks of cold plunges after practice and two weeks without. Researchers tracked their sleep, muscle soreness, heart rate, and jump performance to see if the cold baths made a difference.
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UCLA Orthopedics
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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