Table 5.
Recovery practices: percentage of IP and n-IP athletes, and AB and AwD athletes who practiced these techniques and procedure, statistical comparisons made using chi-square with contingency tables
| Recovery practice | IP (%) |
n-IP (%) |
p value | AB (%) |
AwD (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remedial massage | 95 | 65 | 0.0001** | 73 | 85 | 0.13 |
| Stretching | 90 | 84 | 0.173 | 86 | 85 | 0.44 |
| Mindfulness | 83 | 62 | 0.010* | 70 | 67 | 0.396 |
| Visualisation | 80 | 67 | 0.064 | 74 | 57 | 0.061 |
| Hot/cold immersion | 76 | 50 | 0.004* | 59 | 55 | 0.358 |
| Ice Bath | 76 | 54 | 0.012* | 63 | 55 | 0.252 |
| Hot/cold shower | 74 | 61 | 0.080 | 62 | 81 | 0.052 |
| Walking | 71 | 69 | 0.433 | 79 | 25 | < .001** |
| Meditation | 66 | 50 | 0.049* | 58 | 43 | 0.103 |
| Plunge pool | 59 | 27 | 0.0003** | 38 | 35 | 0.401 |
| Relaxation Massage | 56 | 47 | 0.186 | 51 | 50 | 0.484 |
| Yoga | 51 | 36 | 0.058 | 44 | 30 | 0.131 |
| Spa | 46 | 44 | 0.416 | 50 | 20 | 0.007** |
| Cold water swimming | 45 | 31 | 0.064 | 34 | 45 | 0.213 |
| Pilates | 37 | 25 | 0.086 | 28 | 30 | 0.444 |
| Progressive muscle relaxation | 34 | 37 | 0.396 | 37 | 29 | 0.226 |
| Infrared sauna | 20 | 4 | 0.002** | 11 | 0 | 0.061 |
| Finnish sauna | 15 | 13 | 0.382 | 16 | 0 | 0.028* |
| Neuro linguistic programming | 15 | 4 | 0.016* | 4 | 25 | 0.001** |
| Dance | 15 | 14 | 0.448 | 16 | 5 | 0.102 |
| Intermittent hypoxic training | 7 | 8 | 0.478 | 8 | 5 | 0.322 |
| Floatation tank | 5 | 7 | 0.298 | 7 | 5 | 0.38 |
*p < .05; **p < .01