The effects of massage on delayed onset muscle soreness

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-75

  Hilbert, J E ^b   Sforzo, G A ^b   Swensen, T ^a  

^a Center for Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; TORQUE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUTROPHILS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037310977     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.1.72     Document Type: Article

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