Does heat or cold work better for acute muscle strain?

dc.contributor.author	Martin, Sean N.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Paulson, Christopher P.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Nichols, William	eng
dc.date.issued	2008	eng
dc.description.abstract	Cryotherapy is better than heat for treating acute muscle strain (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, consensus, usual practice, and expert opinion). Insufficient patient-oriented evidence exists regarding use of heat to treat acute soft-tissue injuries.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3778	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2008 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 57, no. 12 (December 2008): 820-821.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	soft-tissue injury	eng
dc.subject	inflammatory response	eng
dc.subject	pain relief	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Cold -- Therapeutic use	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Thermotherapy	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Soft tissue injuries -- Cryotherapy	eng
dc.title	Does heat or cold work better for acute muscle strain?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2008
The items in this collection constitute volume 57 of Clinical Inquiries.