Effects of Ice Massage on Pressure Pain Thresholds and Electromyography Activity Postexercise: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-219

  Anaya Terroba, Laura ^a   Arroyo Morales, Manuel ^a   Fernández de las Peñas, César ^b,c   Díaz Rodríguez, Lourdes ^a   Cleland, Joshua A ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Spain)

^d FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^f REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Exercise; Ice; Massage; Pain Threshold

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MALE; MASSAGE; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949895193     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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