Effects of cold water immersion and contrast water therapy on markers of exercise induced muscle damage among soccer player / Yusre Zulhaile Zainuddin

The study that compare the effect of cold water immersion (CWI) and contrast water therapy (CWT) on markers of exercise induced muscle damage after repetitive match among soccer players were lack and not clearly discussed in previous literature. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of cold water immersion and contrast water therapy on markers of exercise induced muscle damage after match among Johor Darul Ta'azim (JDT 3) soccer players. There was 9 participants and they were assigned into both groups CWI (n=9) and CWT (n=9). Participants were under gone in 90 minutes of soccer match to induce the symptoms of muscle damage. For cold water immersion (CWI) groups, the participants immersed their lower body 15 minutes in a cold water ( l5 °C) immersions while the contrast water therapy (CWT) groups alternating 2 min immersions in tanks of cold (15°C) or wann/hot water (40°C), repeated three times (30s transfer time). The participant's ROM, pain scale and creatine kinase were recorded at three times periods which were immediately after match, 24 hours and 48 hours after match. The results were determined by using Repeated Measure ANOV A to show the main effect which the result showed significant effect (p = 0.00) on ROM. The difference effect between the therapies were determined by using Mixed Between-Within ANOVA and showed the result show no significant (p = 0.580) and suggested that CWT slightly an effective therapy compared to CWI based on the mean score (CWI=l 13.963) and (CWT=l 11.333). For the pain scale, the value for main effect was significant (p = 0.00) and the difference effect were also significant (p = 0.002) and proposed that CWI score were better than CWT based on the mean score (CWI=3.778) and (CWT=5.333). For the creatine kinase, the value for main effect was significant (p = 0.00) and the difference effect were also significant (p = 0.019) and proved that CWT score was better than CWI based on the mean score (CWT=325.704) and (CWI=425.444). Based on the result it showed that CWT was the best and more effective compare to CWI therapy for recovery among soccer players.