Abstract

BARROS, Gilvandro Oliveira et al. Analysis of thermographic asymmetry with cryotherapy in kung fu. Motri. [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.1, pp.305-310. ISSN 1646-107X.

Aiming at body improvement Kung Fu practitioners take their body to extreme training measures with it becomes necessary to seek more effective recovery forms, where immersion in cold water, which tends to aid in the reduction of edema and muscle spasms. Thus, the aim of the study was to evaluate through the thermal asymmetry the effect of recovery in cold and passive water in a session of Kung Fu eagle claw. Participated 16 experienced subjects who in the first week did the training and recovery passively and in the second week did the training and used the immersion in cold water for recovery. The assessment was performed in terms of thermal asymmetry, where no significant differences were observed between the thigh, leg and arm asymmetries between the two recovery methods, although the asymmetries with immersion in cold water were lower than in the passive recovery. Thus, immersion in cold water although not presenting significant differences may be a method that tends to aid recovery in Kung Fu.

Keywords : kung fu training; cold water immersion; thermal asymmetry.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )