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. 2017 Mar 15;595(6):1857-1858.
doi: 10.1113/JP273796. Epub 2017 Jan 24.

Is the ice bath finally melting? Cold water immersion is no greater than active recovery upon local and systemic inflammatory cellular stress in humans

R Allan  1 , C Mawhinney  1
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Is the ice bath finally melting? Cold water immersion is no greater than active recovery upon local and systemic inflammatory cellular stress in humans

R Allan et al. J Physiol. .
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Keywords: cold water immersion; human muscle; inflammation.

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