… No universally accepted definition of sports massage exists. For the purpose of this meta-analysis
we defined sports massage as manual manipulation of muscles and soft tissue by a …

… an understanding of sports massage. This article will review sports massage research on …
), muscle fatigue, the psychological effect of massage, and injury prevention and treatment.…

… effects on sports performance is insufficient at this time, but a recent report advances our
understanding of massage … current scientific understanding of sports massage and its practice is …

… Sports Massage The sports massage techniques we employed in our investigation are
those typically used in a postevent routine (Table 2). We used the techniques of effleurage, …

… that sports massage of the quadriceps muscle had any effect on … Nor did we find any effect
on the pain and soreness that … of local effects of massage, but the central effects of massage …

… time in the non-massage group, but it was increased after sports massage. The variation of
… in the massage group after physical exercise in contrast to the non-massage group whose …

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of intermittent cold-water immersion and
massage on perceptual and performance markers of recovery by basketball players after …

… The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of sports massage therapy on reducing
post-… E., Sports massage and local cryotherapy as a way to reduce negative effects of rapid …

… Additional studies examining the physiological and psychological effects of sports massage
… sports massage and its roles in effecting an athlete's psychological readiness, in enhancing …

… The interventions were massage and no massage. Massage was applied by the same
qualified sports massage therapist and consisted of a standard 20 minute routine encompassing …