Ice bag application, active warm-up, and 3 measures of maximal functional performance.

Context: Research into the effects of ice on neuromuscular performance is limited, and the results sometimes conflict.

Objective: To examine the effects of ice bag application to the anterior thigh and active warm-up on 3 maximal functional performance tests.

Design: A 2 x 2 repeated-measures design with 4 randomly assigned treatment conditions: (1) no ice/no warm-up, (2) ice/ no warm-up, (3) no ice/warm-up, and (4) ice/warm-up.