PMID- 26333791
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161114
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1827-1928 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-4707 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 3
DP  - 2016 Mar
TI  - The effect of hand cooling during intermittent training of elite swimmers.
PG  - 185-91
AB  - BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper was to determine the effects of using 
      intermittent hand cooling during high intensity, intermittent training on 
      thermoregulatory, performance and psychophysical variables in elite level 
      swimmers in a training pool (30.5+/-0.5  degrees C). METHODS: Randomized cross-over design. 
      Following a standard warm-up, ten male swimmers (20.3+/-3.2 years) were instructed 
      to maintain the fastest 100-m time (on average) for an 8 x 100 m freestyle 
      swimming set performed either in a training pool with cooling (TPC) or a training 
      pool with no-cooling (TPNC). Time at 100 m, core temperature (Tc), heart rate 
      (HR), ratings of perceived exertion (RPE), thermal comfort (ThC) and thermal 
      sensation (ThS) were recorded following each repetition. Participants were cooled 
      during the 90 s rest interval between repetitions using the Rapid Thermal 
      Exchange System (RTX) (AVAcore Technologies Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA). RESULTS: 
      There was a better performance when comparing 100 m time (1.50+/-1.98 s faster) for 
      the final repetition in the TPC condition compared to the final repetition in the 
      TPNC condition (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between Tc, HR, RPE, 
      ThC and ThS (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: There was a performance benefit in the last 
      set of the training block in the TPC condition that could not be attributed to 
      any of the physiological and psychophysical measures used in the study.
FAU - Zochowski, Thomas
AU  - Zochowski T
AD  - School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of 
      Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada - zochowski@gmail.com.
FAU - Docherty, David
AU  - Docherty D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150902
PL  - Italy
TA  - J Sports Med Phys Fitness
JT  - The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness
JID - 0376337
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Athletic Performance/*physiology
MH  - Body Temperature Regulation/physiology
MH  - *Cold Temperature
MH  - Cross-Over Studies
MH  - Hand
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Random Allocation
MH  - Swimming/*physiology
EDAT- 2015/09/04 06:00
MHDA- 2016/11/15 06:00
CRDT- 2015/09/04 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/11/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - R40Y9999N00A150147 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2016 Mar;56(3):185-91. Epub 2015 Sep 2.