Delayed onset muscle soreness: treatment strategies and performance factors

K Cheung, PA Hume, L Maxwell - Sports medicine, 2003 - Springer
Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a familiar experience for the elite or novice
athlete. Symptoms can range from muscle tenderness to severe debilitating pain. The …

The mechanisms of massage and effects on performance, muscle recovery and injury prevention

P Weerapong, PA Hume, GS Kolt - Sports medicine, 2005 - Springer
Many coaches, athletes and sports medicine personnel hold the belief, based on
observations and experiences, that massage can provide several benefits to the body such …

Using recovery modalities between training sessions in elite athletes: does it help?

A Barnett - Sports medicine, 2006 - Springer
Achieving an appropriate balance between training and competition stresses and recovery
is important in maximising the performance of athletes. A wide range of recovery modalities …

Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise

RD Herbert, M de Noronha… - Cochrane database of …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Many people stretch before or after engaging in athletic activity. Usually the
purpose is to reduce risk of injury, reduce soreness after exercise, or enhance athletic …

[HTML][HTML] Massage alleviates delayed onset muscle soreness after strenuous exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Guo, L Li, Y Gong, R Zhu, J Xu, J Zou… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the
effects of massage on alleviating delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS) and muscle …

Evidence of the physiotherapeutic interventions used currently after exercise-induced muscle damage: systematic review and meta-analysis

R Torres, F Ribeiro, JA Duarte, JMH Cabri - Physical Therapy in Sport, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Exhaustive and/or unaccustomed exercise, mainly involving eccentric
muscle actions, induces temporary muscle damage, evidenced by delayed onset muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Have we looked in the wrong direction for more than 100 years? Delayed onset muscle soreness is, in fact, neural microdamage rather than muscle damage

B Sonkodi, I Berkes, E Koltai - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antioxidants | Free Full-Text | Have We Looked in the Wrong Direction for More Than 100
Years? Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Is, in Fact, Neural Microdamage Rather Than Muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Is “delayed onset muscle soreness” a false friend? The potential implication of the fascial connective tissue in post-exercise discomfort

J Wilke, M Behringer - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Strenuous and unaccustomed exercise frequently lead to what has been coined “delayed
onset muscle soreness”(DOMS). As implied by this term, it has been proposed that the …

The effects of massage on delayed onset muscle soreness and physical performance in female collegiate athletes

CA Mancinelli, DS Davis, L Aboulhosn, M Brady… - Physical therapy in …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine if post-exercise massage has an
effect on delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and physical performance in women …

[HTML][HTML] The role of massage in sports performance and rehabilitation: current evidence and future direction

J Brummitt - North American journal of sports physical therapy …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Massage is a popular treatment choice of athletes, coaches, and sports
physical therapists. Despite its purported benefits and frequent use, evidence demonstrating …