Effectiveness of sports massage for recovery of skeletal muscle from strenuous exercise

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 446-460

  Best, Thomas M ^a   Hunter, Robin ^a   Wilcox, Aaron ^b   Haq, Furqan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Massage; Muscle; Performance; Recovery; Soft tissue; Sport

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; VASCULARIZATION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SPORTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149201451     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31818837a1     Document Type: Review

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