Effects of whole-body cryotherapy vs. far-infrared vs. passive modalities on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage in highly-trained runners

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Hausswirth, Christophe ^a   Louis, Julien ^a,b   Bieuzen, François ^a   Pournot, Hervé ^a,b   Fournier, Jean ^a   Filliard, Jean Robert ^a   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^b  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOTHERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE INDUCED MUSCLE DAMAGE; FAR INFRARED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PASSIVE MODALITY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RUNNING; SIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; WHOLE BODY CRYOTHERAPY; ATHLETE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADULT; ATHLETES; CREATINE KINASE; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82855168061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027749     Document Type: Article

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