Interval cryotherapy and fatigue in university baseball pitchers

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 280-287

  Verducci, Frank M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Ice; Velocity; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ARM; BASEBALL; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERTION; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035464496     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2001.10608961     Document Type: Article

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