Cold-water immersion (cryotherapy) for preventing and treating muscle soreness after exercise

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bleakley, Chris ^a   McDonough, Suzanne ^a   Gardner, Evie ^a   Baxter, G David ^b   Hopkins, J Ty ^c   Davison, Gareth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861309124     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008262.pub2     Document Type: Article

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