Table I.
Keywords used in the PubMed database
| Search | Query |
|---|---|
| #1 | myalgia [Mesh] |
| #2 | (”delayed onset muscle soreness” OR DOMS OR ”muscle pain” OR myalgia OR ”muscle soreness” OR ”muscular pain” OR ”muscular soreness” OR ”sore muscle” OR ”muscle tenderness” OR ”muscle ache”) [Title/Abstract] |
| #3 | #1 OR #2 |
| #4 | cryotherapy [Mesh] |
| #5 | ”cold temperature”[Mesh] |
| #6 | (cryotherapy OR ice OR cool OR cold OR cold therapy OR psychrotherapy OR frigotherapy OR cold temperature OR cold pack OR ice massage OR phase change material OR whole/partial-body cryotherapy) [Title/Abstract] |
| #7 | #4 OR #5 OR #6 |
| #8 | heating [Mesh] |
| #9 | ”hyperthermia, induced”[Mesh] |
| #10 | ”hot temperature”[Mesh] |
| #11 | (heat OR heating OR heat therapy OR heat treatment OR hot OR warm OR thermal therapy OR thermotherapy OR hyperthermia therapy OR induced hyperthermia OR hot temperature OR heat pack OR ultrasound OR spa OR sauna OR shower OR steam OR steam bath) [Title/Abstract] |
| #12 | #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 |
| #13 | hydrotherapy [Mesh] |
| #14 | (contrast water therapy OR hydrotherapy OR contrast therapy OR water immersion OR ”heating and cooling combination therapy” OR whirlpool bath*) [Title/Abstract] |
| #15 | #13 OR #14 |
| #16 | #7 OR #12 OR #15 |
| #17 | randomized controlled trial [Publication Type] OR randomized [Title/Abstract] OR placebo [Title/Abstract] |
| #18 | #3 AND #16 AND #17 |