The effects of contrast bathing and compression therapy on muscular performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1297-1306

  French, Duncan N ^a,b   Thompson, Kevin G ^a,b   Garland, Stephen W ^a   Barnes, Christopher A ^c   Portas, Matthew D ^c,d   Hood, Peter E ^c   Wilkes, Graeme ^a  

^a ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hunvorth Place   (United Kingdom)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Eccentric exercise; Muscle damage; Resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MYOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BATH; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BATHS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149090741     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816b10d5     Document Type: Article

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