Should athletes return to sport after applying ice?: A systematic review of the effect of local cooling on functional performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-87

  Bleakley, Chris M ^a   Costello, Joseph T ^b   Glasgow, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Sports injuries; treatment; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; ICE; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

EID: 83455171825     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11595970-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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