Fatigue and Recovery in Rugby: A Review

Autor: Tiaki Brett Smith, Matthew W. Driller, Francisco Tavares
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Sports Medicine. 47:1515-1530
ISSN: 1179-2035
0112-1642
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-017-0679-1
Popis: The physical demands and combative nature of rugby lead to notable levels of muscle damage. In professional rugby, athletes only have a limited timeframe to recover following training sessions and competition. Through the implementation of recovery strategies, sport scientists, practitioners and coaches have sought to reduce the effect of fatigue and allow athletes to recover faster. Although some studies demonstrate that recovery strategies are extensively used by rugby athletes, the research remains equivocal concerning the efficacy of recovery strategies in rugby. Moreover, given the role of inflammation arising from muscle damage in the mediation of protein synthesis mechanisms, some considerations have been raised on the long-term effect of using certain recovery modalities that diminish inflammation. While some studies aimed to understand the effects of recovery modalities during the acute recovery phase (
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