Effects of Cool-Water Immersion and High-Voltage Electric Stimulation for 3 Continuous Hours on Acute Edema in Rats

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-329

  Dolan, Michael G ^a   Mychaskiw, Anna M ^b   Mattacola, Carl G ^c   Mendel, Frank C ^d  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AthletiCare   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cryotherapy; Electrotherapy; Inflammation; Swelling; Treatment time

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EDEMA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; VOLUMETRY; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0346688692     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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