Electrostimulation's enhancement of recovery during a rugby preseason

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-98

  Martyn Beaven, C ^a,b   Cook, Christian ^a   Gray, David ^c   Downes, Paul ^c   Murphy, Ian ^c   Drawer, Scott ^a   Ingram, John R ^d   Kilduff, Liam P ^e   Gill, Nicholas ^f  

^a United Kingdom Sports Council   (United Kingdom)

^b Swedish Winter Sports Research Center   (Sweden)

^c Hurricanes Rugby   (New Zealand)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compression; Cortisol; Creatine kinase; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872509257     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.8.1.92     Document Type: Article

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