How does a short, interrupted recovery break affect performance and how is it assessed?
- A recovery process with optimal prerequisites that is interrupted is termed disrupted recovery. Whether this process has an influence on performance-related factors needs to be investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine how a short disturbance of a recovery phase is assessed and whether subsequent repeated-sprint performance is affected by it. A quasi-experimental 2 × 2-factor crossover design with 34 sport-science undergraduate students (age 20.3 \(\pm\) 2.1 y) was applied. Factors were the type of intervention (power nap vs systematic breathing; between-subjects) and the experimental condition (disturbed vs nondisturbed break; within-subject). Repeated-sprint performance was measured through 6 × 4-s sprint protocols (with 20-s breaks) before and after a 25-min recovery break on 2 test days. Subjective evaluation of the interventions was measured through the Short Recovery and Stress Scale and a manipulation check assessing whether participants experienced the recovery phase as efficacious and pleasant. Regarding the objective data, no significant difference between sprint performances in terms of average peak velocity (m/s) on the treadmill was found. The manipulation check revealed that disturbed conditions were rated significantly lower than regular conditions in terms of appreciation, \(\it t\)31 = 3.09, \(\it P\) = .01. Short disturbances of recovery do not seem to affect subsequent performance; nevertheless, participants assessed disturbed conditions more negatively than regular conditions. In essence, the findings indicate a negligible role of short interruptions on an objective level. Subjectively, they affected the performance-related assessment of the participants and should be treated with caution.
Author: | Maximilian PelkaORCiDGND, Alexander FerrautiORCiDGND, Tim Friedrich MeyerORCiDGND, Mark PfeifferORCiDGND, Michael KellmannORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-89140 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0399 |
Parent Title (English): | International journal of sports physiology and performance |
Subtitle (German): | a study on acute effects |
Publisher: | Human Kinetics |
Place of publication: | Hanover, PA |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/05/06 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/04/01 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | acute recovery; monitoring; power naps; systematic breathing |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | S2 |
First Page: | S2-114 |
Last Page: | S2-121 |
Note: | Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from "International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance", 2017, volume 12, issue s2: s2114-s2121, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0399. © Human Kinetics, Inc. |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Künste und Unterhaltung / Sport |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft |
Licence (German): | Keine Creative Commons Lizenz - es gelten die Rechteeinräumung und das deutsche Urheberrecht |