The efficacy of ice massage in the treatment of exercise-induced muscle damage

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 416-422

  Howatson, G ^a   Gaze, D ^b   Van Someren, K A ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Eccentric exercise; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ICE;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CRYOTHERAPY; ELBOW; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CRYOTHERAPY; ELBOW; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ICE; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 28644435956     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2005.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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