METHUSELAH ARCHIVE SOURCES / BLEAKLEY-COCHRANE-COLD-WATER-IMMERSION-2012

Cold-water immersion (cryotherapy) for preventing and treating muscle soreness after exercise

clinical paper · 2012
type:clinical paper
year:2012
citation:Bleakley C, McDonough S, Gardner E, Baxter GD, Hopkins JT, Davison GW. Cold-water immersion (cryotherapy) for preventing and treating muscle soreness after exercise. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012;2012(2):CD008262. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008262.pub2. PMID: 22336838.
LINK
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22336838/
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.