Ice-water immersion and delayed-onset muscle soreness: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 392-397

  Sellwood, Kylie Louise ^a   Brukner, Peter ^b   Williams, David ^b   Nicol, Alastair ^b   Hinman, Rana ^b  

^a Sports Physicians ACT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOTHERAPY; DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIMB SWELLING; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CREATINE KINASE; CRYOTHERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; ICE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249994334     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.033985     Document Type: Article

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