Effects of sensory-level high-volt pulsed electrical current on delayed-onset muscle soreness

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 941-949

  Tourville, Timothy ^a   Connolly, Declan ^a   Reed, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed onset muscle soreness; Electrical stimulation; Exercise; Inflammation; Pain

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN;

EID: 33746832486     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500357226     Document Type: Article

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