Spa Effects After Exercise

NCT01765387 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FGEUGR01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the recovery effect of Spa therapy after aerobic exercise in cardiovascular, performance and perceived fatigue. A pragmatic controlled repeated measures, single-blind, trial is conducted. Thirty-four recreational sportspeople are required to visit a Sport-Centre and are assigned to a Spa-therapy or rest in a bed (control group) after complete a spinning session.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Keywords

Spatherpy; Aerobic exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• blood pressure

  baseline, 5 minutes after spinning session, 5 minutes after recovery session

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• heart rate

  baseline, 5 minutes after spinning session, 5 minutes after recovery session

• vertical jump test

  baseline, 5 minutes after spinning session, 5 minutes after recovery session

Other Outcomes (3)

• force handgrip

  baseline, 5 minutes after spinning session, 5 minutes after recovery session

• visual analogue scale fatigue

  baseline,5 minutes after spinning session, 5 minutes after recovery session

• body core temperature

  baseline, 5 minutes after spinning session, 5 minutes after recovery session

Study Arms (2)

Spa therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

A cycle of 3 Vichy shower and whirlpool baths are applied during 30-minutes period. Vichy sedative shower is applied for 90-120 sec to the sides of the trunk and the abdomen, avoiding as much as possible the gall bladder area, at a temperature of 36-38ºC. A short, partial jet spray followed the shower. A whirlpool bath is administered where subjects immersed the body until their clavicle level for a 10min period with a water temperature ranging 33.5-35.5 ºC. Aromatherapy application using lavender and chamomile oils is used in all Spa therapy sessions.

Behavioral: Spa session

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group perform a rest session in supine position in a room with neutral temperature condition with a same duration to Spa session. Participants of both groups are encouraged to drink water "ad libitum" to prevent dehydration.

Interventions

Spa session BEHAVIORAL

Spa therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• hours/wk of physical activity, no pharmaceutical drug intake in the past 3 months,
• No use of tobacco or other addictive substances,
• No pain symptoms from at least one year,
• No contradiction for high-intensity exercise following previous study about recovery after exercise

You may not qualify if:

• Signs or symptoms of medical disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Malaga: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sport Club yo10

Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Cuesta-Vargas AI, Trave-Mesa A, Vera-Cabrera A, Cruz-Terron D, Castro-Sanchez AM, Fernandez-de-las-Penas C, Arroyo-Morales M. Hydrotherapy as a recovery strategy after exercise: a pragmatic controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2013 Jul 18;13:180. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-180.

  PMID: 23866725 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Manuel Arroyo Morales, PhD

  University of Granada, Spain

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Researcher in Physiotherapy

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 7, 2013
• First Posted: January 10, 2013
• Study Start: February 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2012
• Study Completion: June 1, 2012
• Last Updated: March 25, 2015

Record last verified: 2013-01

Locations

ES (1)