Cold-water immersion (cryotherapy) for preventing and treating muscle soreness after exercise
clinical paper · 2012
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SUMMARY
Cochrane systematic review of 17 small trials (n=366) on cold-water immersion for delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Finds some evidence of reduced soreness at 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours post-exercise versus rest/no intervention, but rates overall trial quality as low and notes insufficient data on adverse events. DOI and PMID confirmed via the PubMed and Cochrane records.
NOTES
The case’s cited surrogate-kernel source: a real, modern, peer-reviewed effect of cold water on a narrow, short-term, symptom-level outcome, used to distinguish the one replicated finding in this space from Kneipp’s own far broader disease-cure claims.