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Comment
. 2018 Feb 15;596(4):561-562.
doi: 10.1113/JP275665. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

Cryotherapy: not as cool as it seems

Shamara Nadarajah  1 , Ramya Ariyagunarajah  2 , Eric D Jong  3
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Cryotherapy: not as cool as it seems

Shamara Nadarajah et al. J Physiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cold-water immersion; fatigue; glycogen; recovery; skeletal muscle; temperature.

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