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No evidence for ice or NSAIDs in management of soft-tissue injuries
No evidence for ice or NSAIDs in management of soft-tissue injuries

Sports physician Steve Targett looks at how acronyms used to describe the management of acute soft-tissue injuries have changed over the years
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