Ewa Demczuk-Włodarczyk, Beata Kurant, Marta Kopa-Szocińska, Zofia Śliwińska, Julita Juszyńska, Zbigniew Śliwiński

E. Demczuk-Włodarczyk, B. Kurant, M. Kopa-Szocińska, Z. Śliwińska, J. Juszyńska, Z. Śliwiński – The influence of cryogenic temperatures on the functional status of patients with lumbar spine pain syndrome. FP 2014; 14(3); 36-55

Abstract

Cryotherapy is one of the modern therapeutic methods in physiotherapy, in which the impact of cryogenic temperatures (-110ºC to -160ºC) on the human body is used.
Aim of the study.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of cryogenic temperatures on the functional status of patients with lumbar spine pain syndrome.
Material and methods.
The study involved 40 patients with lumbar spine pain syndrome: 24 women and 16 men, from 35 to 55 years old. The patients were divided into two groups. There were patients who underwent systemic cryotherapy and 30-minute analytical kinesitherapy (study group) and patients who underwent only kinesitherapy (control group). The therapy lasted for 10 days. In the study, subjective methods (assessment of intensity of the experienced pain according to VAS scale, assessment of muscle strength according to Lovett scale) and objective methods (measuring the range of lumbar spine flexion – Schober’s test, measuring lumbar spine rotation) were used.

Key words:
systemic cryotherapy, lumbar spine pain syndrome

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