title: Comparison of Two Different Modes of Active Recovery on Muscles Performance after Fatiguing Exercise in Mountain Canoeist and Football Players.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study is to assess if the application of different methods of active recovery (working the same or different muscle groups from those which were active during fatiguing exercise) results in significant differences in muscle performance and if the efficiency of the active recovery method is dependent upon the specific sport activity (training loads).
  
  
  METHODS
  A parallel group non-blinded trial with repeated measurements.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirteen mountain canoeists and twelve football players participated in this study. Measurements of the bioelectrical activity, torque, work and power of the vastus lateralis oblique, vastus medialis oblique, and rectus femoris muscles were performed during isokinetic tests at a velocity of 90°/s.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Active legs recovery in both groups was effective in reducing fatigue from evaluated muscles, where a significant decrease in fatigue index was observed. The muscles peak torque, work and power parameters did not change significantly after both modes of active recovery, but in both groups significant decrease was seen after passive recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We suggest that 20 minutes of post-exercise active recovery involving the same muscles that were active during the fatiguing exercise is more effective in fatigue recovery than active exercise using the muscles that were not involved in the exercise. Active arm exercises were less effective in both groups which indicates a lack of a relationship between the different training regimens and the part of the body which is principally used during training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Rehabilitation, University of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mika
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Rehabilitation, University of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland.|Oleksy Physiotherapy Clinic, Rzeszow, Poland.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Oleksy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kielnar
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wodka-Natkaniec
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Education, State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz, Nowy Sącz, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Twardowska
authors.affiliation: Physiotherapy Clinic "Effective Rehabilitation", Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamiński
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Education, State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz, Nowy Sącz, Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Małek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000502:physiology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013177:Sports; D019415:Torque