SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Strategic Application of Post-exercise Cold-Water Immersion to Enhance Performance Recovery and Adaptation: An Umbrella Review of 15 Published Systematic Reviews with Meta-analysis.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- An umbrella review examined recovery and training adaptations after cold-water immersion.
- Who / model studied
- Fifteen reviews covering 161 unique studies in healthy humans.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Post-exercise immersion versus passive rest or other recovery methods; protocols varied.
- What the study found
- Some later power, soreness and jump-recovery outcomes improved, while jumping initially worsened. Repeated use was associated with impaired strength and hypertrophy gains. No consistent inflammatory-marker benefit emerged.
- Limitations & context
- Underlying reviews were low or critically low quality, with low or very low certainty. Recovery and adaptation are different endpoints. Abstract assessment; safety not established.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1186/s40798-026-01116-8