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Copyright © 2022 Difranco, Cockburn, Dimitriou, Paice, Sinclair, Faki, Hills, Gondek, Wood and Wilson. Purpose: Cherry juice (CJ) and cold water immersion (CWI) are both effective recovery strategies following strenuous endurance exercise. However, athletes routinely combine recovery interventions and less is known about the impact of a combined CJ and CWI protocol. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of combining CWI and CJ (a “cocktail” (CT)) on inflammation and muscle damage following a marathon. Methods: A total 39 endurance trained males were randomly assigned to a placebo (PL), CWI, CJ, or CT group before completing a trail marathon run. Muscle damage (creatine kinase (CK)), muscle function (maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC)), and inflammation (interleukin-6 (IL-6); C-reactive protein (CRP)) were measured at baseline, immediately after marathon (only IL-6), 24 h, and 48 h after marathon. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between groups and no group × time interaction effects for any of the dependent variables. Confidence intervals (CI) illustrated that CT had unclear effects on inflammation (IL-6; CRP) and MVIC, but may have increased CK to a greater extent than PL and CJ conditions. Conclusion: There is no evidence of an additive effect of CJ and CWI when the treatments are used in conjunction with each other. On the contrary, combining CJ and CWI may result in slightly increased circulating CK.
Author(s): Difranco I, Cockburn E, Dimitriou L, Paice K, Sinclair S, Faki T, Hills FA, Gondek MB, Wood A, Wilson LJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Year: 2022
Volume: 4
Online publication date: 19/08/2022
Acceptance date: 27/07/2022
Date deposited: 20/09/2022
ISSN (electronic): 2624-9367
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.957950
DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2022.957950
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