Publications by authors named "Flavia A de Carvalho"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how repeated cold-water immersion (CWI) affects performance and perceptions in adolescent swimmers during a training week.
- Twenty competitive swimmers participated in a randomized crossover study where they experienced three interventions: CWI, thermoneutral water immersion (placebo), and passive recovery, with a focus on swim performance, flexibility, power, and perceived well-being.
- Results showed improvements in swim performance over time for all interventions, but no significant differences in pain or tiredness among them, with a preference for CWI and thermoneutral immersion expressed by the athletes.
Introduction: Both sleep deprivation and hypoxia have been shown to impair executive function. Conversely, moderate intensity exercise is known to improve executive function. In a multi-experiment study, we tested the hypotheses that moderate intensity exercise would ameliorate any decline in executive function after i) three consecutive nights of partial sleep deprivation (PSD) (Experiment 1) and ii) the isolated and combined effects of a single night of total sleep deprivation (TSD) and acute hypoxia (Experiment 2).
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- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cold-water immersion (CWI) in reducing muscle soreness, focusing on various factors such as immersion time, water temperature, and type of exercise.
- It included a systematic review and meta-analysis of 44 randomized controlled trials that compared CWI with control conditions, revealing CWI's superiority in reducing soreness for immediate effects across many situations.
- The findings concluded that while CWI is beneficial for muscle soreness management, its effectiveness is more pronounced with short to medium immersion times, especially after endurance exercises for immediate results.
Background: Advice is widely considered an effective treatment for acute low back pain (LBP); however, details on what and how to deliver this intervention is less clear.
Purpose: We assessed and compared clinical trials that test advice for acute LBP with practice guidelines for their completeness of reporting and concordance on the content, method of delivery, and treatment regimen of advice interventions.
Design/setting: Systematic review.