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Effects Of Warm Tub Immersion Versus Cold Tub Immersion To Relieve Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness In Division 2 Collegiate Baseball Players, Erin Ackerson, Kelsey Caldwell, Lindsey Ford

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

In our study we looked at the effects of warm tub immersion versus cold tub immersion to relieve delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in Division II collegiate athletes. We chose to research this topic because we are a group of three senior Athletic Training students and have seen the use of Cold Tub Immersion in everyday modality interventions to treat DOMS. In recent years there has been controversy over if Cold Tub Immersion is best patient care or if possibly implementing Warm Tub Immersion would be more effective in treating DOMS. Although there is a vast amount of literature examining …