3 results match your criteria: "National Institute of Physical Education. Barcelona[Affiliation]"
Short-term effects of two different recovery strategies on muscle contractile properties in healthy active men: A randomised cross-over study.
J Sports Sci
March 2022
High Performance Department, National Institute of Physical Education. Barcelona, Spain.
The aim of this study was to compare the immediate effects of cold-water immersion (CWI) and hot-water immersion (HWI) versus passive resting after a fatigue-induced bout of exercise on the muscle contractile properties of the Vastus Medialis (VM). We conducted a randomised cross-over study involving 28 healthy active men where muscle contractile properties of the VM wer recorded using Tensiomyography (TMG) before and after CWI, HWI or passive resting and up to one-hour post-application. The main outcomes obtained were muscle displacement and velocity of deformation according to limb size (Dmr and Vdr).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOn-court endurance and performance testing in competitive male tennis players.
J Strength Cond Res
January 2014
1Department of Physical Activity Sciences, University of Vic, Barcelona, Spain; 2Research Group on Sport Sciences, National Institute of Physical Education-Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Spain; and 3Department of Training and Exercise Science; Faculty of Sports Science, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
The aims of this study were (a) to establish a specific endurance test procedure for competitive tennis players, combining performance, physiological and technical parameters and (b) to determine the relationship between these parameters and their competitive levels. Thirty-eight competitive male tennis players (age, 18.2 ± 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute administration of inorganic nitrate reduces VO(2peak) in endurance athletes.
Med Sci Sports Exerc
October 2011
National Institute of Physical Education-Barcelona, Research Group on Sport Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Purpose: Humans can reduce inorganic nitrate (NO(3)(-)) to nitrite (NO(2)(-)), nitric oxide (NO), and other bioactive nitrogen oxides. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a single dose of inorganic nitrate before exercise might enhance the tolerance of endurance athletes to high intensity exercise.
Methods: Eleven cyclists (age = 34.