3. Results
tiredness, heaviness, pain
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Nineteen swimmers were included in this study (The effects of repeated massage were investigated at testing sessions after one week of interventions by their perceptions during a 100-m freestyle sprint, their sprint performance, and functional tests. Our results show no main effects on sprint and functional performance outcomes after repeated massages. Although there were no effects after one week of intervention, we found interesting changes after single massages during the studied swim training sessions for pain, heaviness, well-being, and tiredness.
PainBoth massage groups had fewer chances of reporting no pain at the main series on the third day compared to the first (SM Exp(B) = 0.09 CI 95% = 0.02 to 0.35 HeavinessDM has more chances of reporting extreme heaviness after the main series on the second day compared to the first (Exp(B) = 6.71 CI 95% = 2.35 to 19.13 Well-beingCON had fewer chances of reporting extremely well until the end of swim training on the third day compared to the first (after resistance training Exp(B) = 0.43 CI 95% = 0.19 to 0.96 TirednessSM had fewer chances of reporting extreme tiredness at the first stages of the swim training on the third day compared to the first (during swimming warm-up Exp(B) = 0.17 CI 95% = 0.03 to 0.87 Four participants were not sure, whereas fifteen participants already believed in the effects of massage before the trial, and this proportion did not change after study completion. Moreover, all athletes preferred one of the massage protocols over the control, only two preferred SM over DM due to the intensity, and no unintended effects were observed in any of the groups. Because of a competitive event, the training load of one week was significantly reduced. Nonetheless, this happened equally for all groups and Pearson’s correlation showed no important influence of training load over performance (Sprint time r