Effect of Hot-Water Immersion and Foam Rolling on Recovery in Amateur Sepaktakraw Players

Zulham Zulham,Ferry Yohannes Wattimena,Firmansyah Dlis,Yasep Setiakarnawijaya,Kuswahyudi Kuswahyudi,Bagus Winata,Abdul Gani

doi:10.13189/saj.2020.080624

Abstract

Sepaktakraw athletes have an extremely high-risk ratio of injury to the lower body, especially the hamstring, when compared to sports like badminton and tennis. This study aims at measuring and comparing the recovery method of the hot-water immersion (HWI) and the foam rolling (FR) in the recovery process of Sepaktakraw athletes. Material and Methods: Overall, 18 Sepaktakraw players aged 18-20 years, who are members of the Sepaktakraw Club of Universitas Negeri Jakarta were involved in this study. 6 participants are randomly assigned to the HWI group, 6 players are assigned to join the FR group, and 6 players are assigned to join the passive recovery group (PR). Three of groups completed measurements pre- and post-recovery for blood lactate concentration and the total quality recovery (TQR). Blood lactate concentration was measured before, immediately, and 15 minutes after recovery. Meanwhile, the total quality recovery (TQR) is taken before the match starts and 15-min after each recovery method was completed. Results: ANOVA showed significant differences between the HWI and PR groups, as well as the FR and PR groups (p = 0.001). The post-TQR, ANOVA showed differences between the HWI and PR groups, as well as the FR and PR groups (p = 0.001). Conclusion: This study showed HWI and FR can reduce blood lactate levels better than the PR group at 15-m after each recovery process in Sepaktakraw athletes. On the other hand, this study shows that the TQR is an accurate predictor index in measuring the effectiveness and quality of a recovery method for Sepaktakraw athletes.

Highlights

Sepaktakraw began to be competed at the 10th Asian Games in Beijing in 1990, and as a demonstration sport in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur [1]
We exclusively addressed the effects of hot-water immersion (HWI) and foam rolling (FR) on perception of recovery and blood lactate concentration after one-off Sepaktakraw match in Sepaktakraw players. we hypothesized that the recovery methods of HWI and FR have the same benefit in reducing blood lactate compared to passive recovery
We are difficult to find supporting data for the research findings, especially to the best author knowledge, there are no studies measuring the effect of HWI as a recovery method in Sepaktakraw athletes, the previous literacy conducted by Cochrane et al [19] may explain the phenomenon behind this result

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Introduction

Sepaktakraw began to be competed at the 10th Asian Games in Beijing in 1990, and as a demonstration sport in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur [1]. Sepaktakraw has begun to expand to various other Asian regions, like China, Japan and India, and it has even been played almost worldwide. There is only limited research on Sepaktakraw, several scientific literatures have accurately identified the physiological demands or risk of injury in the Sepaktakraw competition. Jawis et al, [2] explained that Sepaktakraw is a game of lower work intensity compared to badminton, squash, tennis or basketball. Sepaktakraw players still require aerobic capacity for guarantees continuous energetic support over the entire match and enhance the re-synthesis of phosphocreatine during recovery [2]

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