Effect of massage on blood flow and muscle fatigue following isometric lumbar exercise

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Mori, Hidetoshi ^a   Ohsawa, Hideo ^a   Tanaka, Tim Hideaki ^a,b,d   Taniwaki, Eiichi ^a   Leisman, Gerry ^c   Nishijo, Kazushi ^a  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Pacific Wellness Institute   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Massage; Muscle fatigue; Muscles; Near infrared spectroscopy; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REST; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2942733537     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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