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Article: Ketoprofen Cream Appears to Relieve Delayed Muscle Soreness.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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SAN DIEGO -- Transdermal ketoprofen, an investigational topical agent, appears to be effective in reducing self-reported delayed-onset muscle soreness after repetitive musde contraction, especially after 48 hours, Christopher Cannavino reported at the annual meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Last year, Mr. Cannavino and his associates in the division of sports medicine at the University of California, San Diego, enrolled 32 men aged 18-35 in a doubleblind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
At baseline and 24 hours, the men carried out knee extension and flexion exercise loads on each isolated quadriceps muscle. They performed ...