Tag: Piotr Płaza

Thermovisual evaluation of vascular behavior in the paretic upper limb after local cryostimulation in stroke patients

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Piotr Plaza

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Piotr Plaza – Thermovisual evaluation of vascular behavior in the paretic upper limb after local cryostimulation in stroke patients. Fizjoterapia Polska 2002; 2(2); 112-117

Abstract
Background. Stroke is the third most common cause of death, one of the most common causes of handicap, and the most common cause of disability among persons older than 40. Each year 4.6 million people around the world die from strokes, including 3.2 million in developing countries and 1.2 million in highly industrialized countries. In view of the high morbidity rate and the serious consequences of stroke, in the form of limb paresis, the authors decided to use a thermovision camera to check vascular reactions in the paretic limb by evaluating temperature changes on the skin subsequent to cryostimulation by liquid nitrogen vapors. Material and methods. Our research involved 28 patients with an average age of 61.3 years. The procedure was performed on the forearm of the paretic upper limb, which was cooled for 6 minutes (from the hand to the elbow cavity, the dorsal surface and the palm surface). Thermovision images were made 5 times for each patient. Results. The authors observed that as a result of the procedure the temperature of the cooled limb went down 12°C, and 2.6°C in the other limb. Conclusions. The results cannot be easily interpreted. In the authors’ opinion, the temperature reduction in the limb that was not cooled results from contralateralization of the consensual reflex. The present study is a preliminary report describing the phenomenon we observed.

Key words:
Stroke, Cryostimulation, thermovision, vascular behavior

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Thermographic assessment of radiation induced by cryostimulation of both lower limbs and analysis of changes in children with cerebral palsy

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Zdzisław Zagrobelny, Jan Talar, Piotr Płaza, Bartłomiej Halat, Marek Kiljański

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Zdzisław Zagrobelny, Jan Talar, Piotr Płaza, Bartłomiej Halat, Marek Kiljański – Thermographic assessment of radiation induced by cryostimulation of both lower limbs and analysis of changes in children with cerebral palsy. Fizjoterapia Polska 2003; 3(4); 316-330

Abstract

Background. The authors presented the examine of changes temperature results in the children’s with the cerebral palsy legs, which were registrated during treatment in the Rehabilitation Center in Zgorzelec. Material and methods. The changes temperature were checkted by the camera Agema 570 before the treatment and four weeks later. The spastic tension was checked also using the Mionotometer Szirmai and Ashworth test and Brunstrom test. Spontaneous motorial evaluation and the level motorial development were checked using own scale. Results and conclusions. The results shown that the using the cryostimulation in the treatment children with the cerebral palsy decrease the spastic tension in the legs and the spontaneous motorial evaluation was better, the range of motion in joins also were better after treatment. The termal pictures shown that arterial play in the children’s legs was adapted to the cryogenic temperatures.

Key words:
thermoregulation, local cryotherapy, termovision, spastic tension, spontaneous motorial evaluation
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Thermovisual evaluation of temperatures of the upper limbs following cryostimulation in post-stroke patients

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Piotr Płaza, Krzysztof Gieremek, Wojciech Kufel, Beata Michalak, Bartłomiej Halat, Grzegorz Śliwiński, Magdalena Wilk

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Piotr Płaza, Krzysztof Gieremek, Wojciech Kufel, Beata Michalak, Bartłomiej Halat, Grzegorz Śliwiński, Magdalena Wilk – Thermovisual evaluation of temperatures of the upper limbs following cryostimulation in post-stroke patients. Fizjoterapia Polska 2008; 8(1); 23-34

Abstract
Background. Cerebral stroke is a very serious life-threatening condition regardiess of the clinical picture at the onset. In most cases cerebral stroke is a consequence of systemic vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis or hypertension. Material and methods. The study group comprised 103 patients, including 52 post-stroke patients with a paretic upper limb and 51 healthy participants. The group of stroke patients included 18 women and 34 men, while the healthy group consisted of 41 women and 10 men. The mean age of the male patients was 55.6 and of the female patients 66.1 years. The mean age of the control group was 37.2 years. Local cryostimulation was applied to the hand and forearm of the paretic limb in the stroke patients and to the hand the forearm of the right upper limb in the healthy group. The limb was exposed to cold for 6 minutes. The temperatures were measured using an Agema 570 thermovision camera.Results. Subjecting only one forearm to cryotherapy procedures results in a decrease in temperature. In the post-stroke patients the return to the basseline value after the procedure was more rapid. This is possibly connected with more efficient mechanisms protecting the body against loss of warmth, since in this group temperature values were higher. In the control group the temperature in the non-cooled limb decreases by an average of 1.6 st.C, compared to only 1.3 st.C in the stroke patients. Conclusions. The temperatures of an area in the forearm exposed to 6 minutes of cryotherapy were different in the post-stroke patients and in the healthy controls. This is probably attributable to stroke-related brain damage. Contralateralization, i. e. the decline of temperature in the non-cooled limb, occurred both in the post-stroke patients and in the healthy controls. Temperature decreases produced by the exposure of limbs to cold were higher in the stroke patients than in the healthy participants. The temperature returned to baseline more rapidly in the post-stroke patients. The temperature in the cooled limb dod not return to, or exceed, baseline value fifteen minutes after the procedure.
Key words:
cerebral stroke, cryostimulation, thermovision, vascular play
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Assessment of the effect of high-tone power therapy in rehabilitation of stroke patients

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Piotr Płaza, Krzysztof Gieremek, Wojciech Kufel, Beata Michalak, Bartłomiej Halat, Grzegorz Śliwiński, Magdalena Wilk

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Piotr Płaza, Krzysztof Gieremek, Wojciech Kufel, Beata Michalak, Bartłomiej Halat, Grzegorz Śliwiński, Magdalena Wilk – Assessment of the effect of high-tone power therapy in rehabilitation of stroke patients. Fizjoterapia Polska 2008; 8(2); 197-205

Abstract
Background. High-tone power therapy is a new method of nerve and muscle stimulation with electric current of a frequency corresponding to the acoustic band of electric oscillation between 4 400 Hz to 12 300 Hz. The usa of two pairs of electrodes serves to generate a dynamic electric field deep inside the tissues. The aim of the study was to assess upper limb function in hemiparetic stroke patients who undrwent high-tone power therapy in the course of rehabilitation. Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 16 men aged 46-72 years (mean 54) and 4 women aged 67-74 years (mean 71) who had suffered strokes of various aetiologies. Arm function was determined on the basis of grip strength testing, ranges of motion (ISOM) and spasticity level (Ashworth scale). Results. Grip strength increased with simultaneous improvement in angular ranges of motion in the radiocarpal joint of the paretic limb. Spastic tone in the limb decreased by 0.35 on the Ashworth scale. Analysis of linear measurements revealed statistically significant changes of circumferences only at the upper arm level. Conclusions. Comprehensive physiotherapy including horizontal therapy performed in stroke patients produced significant functional improvements in the paretic upper limb. High-tone power therapy is well tolerated by hemiparetic patients with despite the long duration of the procedure.
Key words:
Ashworth test, high-tone power therapy, hoSti-Scan stimulation, secondary effect
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