The mechanisms of massage and effects on performance, muscle recovery and injury prevention

Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-256

  Weerapong, Pornratshanee ^a   Hume, Patria A ^a   Kolt, Gregory S ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANXIETY; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; FATIGUE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MASSAGE; MOOD; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 16244414616     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200535030-00004     Document Type: Review

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