systemic cryotherapy

Effect of systemic cryotherapy on serum antioxidant status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Zbigniew Kopański, Mariola Grabowska, Jan Tabak, Bożena Witkowska

Zbigniew Kopański, Mariola Grabowska, Jan Tabak, Bożena Witkowska – Effect of systemic cryotherapy on serum antioxidant status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Fizjoterapia Polska 2006; 6(4); 334-338

Abstract
Background. Determination of total serum antioxidant status (TSAS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and determination of the effect of systemic cryotherapy on the systemic serum antioxidant pool in these patients. Material and methods. The prospective study included 130 patients (35 men and 95 women) aged 31 to 68 years, receiving treatment for RA. All patients underwent systemic cryotherapy. TSAS was determined at baseline and after completion of the cryogenic therapy (within one hour after the end of the last of a series of 10 cryogenic procedures — C1 follow-up, and 14 days after the end of the treatment — C2 follow-up). Results. There was wide variation in TSAS in the study population at baseline, from values well below reference values to values within the reference range. The patients were accordingly divided into two arms: one including patients (13.8% of the total) with TSAS values within the reference range (GB1), and one comprising patients (86.2% of the total) with TSAS values below the lower reference limit (GB2). The cryogenic therapy did not effect statistically significant changes in average TSAS values in GB1, whereas a statistically significant increase in average TSAS was seen in GB2 at C1 (immediately following completion of 10 cryotherapy procedures). 14 days later the average pool of serum antioxidants still remained at a high level, comparable with the values determined at C1. Conclusions. The cryogenic therapy increased TSAS in the vast majority of the patients. Substantial changes was characteristically observed in the patients with baseline TSAS below the lower reference limit.

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systemic cryotherapy, serum antioxidants, rheumatoid arthritis

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Body temperature variability in thermal examinations under the influence of whole body cryotherapy (WBC) in patients with spinal pain

Anna Skrzek, Joanna Anwajler, Krzysztof Dudek, Agnieszka Dębiec-Bąk, Urszula Pilch

Anna Skrzek, Joanna Anwajler, Krzysztof Dudek, Agnieszka Dębiec-Bąk, Urszula Pilch – Body temperature variability in thermal examinations under the influence of whole body cryotherapy (WBC) in patients with spinal pain. Fizjoterapia Polska 2007; 7(3); 308-319

Abstract

Background. Extremely low temperatures, due to physiologically beneficial body reactions, are used as a form of treatment, combined with kinesitherapy in many disorders and dysfunctions, connected with painful ailments. The effects of cryotherapy have been so far investigated using various methods including the thermal one. The objective of the paper was to analyze the temperature layout in various parts of the body and temperature changes under the influence of systemic cryotherapy among patients with spinal pain. The objective of the undertaken observation was also to compare temperature variability in an investigated group of healthy people. Material and methods. The research was conducted on 33 people, divided into two groups. The first group consisted of patients with spine ailments of various aetiology (degenerative changes, discopathy) at the age of 54 years on average. The second group consisted of healthy people at the age of 33 years on average. All of them underwent whole-body cryostimulation treatment in Cryotherapy Laboratory at the University of Physical Education in Wroclaw. The temperature of the whole body was recorded in all participants by a thermal video camera, type Thermo Vision A2OM before, soon after and 40 minutes after cryostimulation. Thermograms illustrated thermal maps of 29 selected parts of the body. Results and Conclusions. Thermal examinations demonstrated significant temperature changes during three successive examinations with great diversity depending on a part of the body. The differences in temperature changes in parts morbidly affected became apparent only after cryostimulation. Systemic cryotherapy caused significant pain relief in patients suffering from such painful spine ailments.

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thermal examinations, systemic cryotherapy, spine disorders

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Wpływ temperatur kriogenicznych na stan funkcjonalny pacjentów z zespołem bólowym kręgosłupa lędźwiowego

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

Streszczenie
Krioterapia jest jedną z nowoczesnych metod terapeutycznych w fizjoterapii, w których wykorzystuje się wpływ temperatur kriogenicznych (-110º do -160º C) na organizm człowieka.
Cel pracy.
celem pracy jest ocena wpływu temperatur kriogenicznych na stan funkcjonalny pacjentów z zespołem bólowym odcinka lędźwiowego kręgosłupa.
Materiał i metody.
badaniem objęto 40 pacjentów z zespołem bólowym odcinka lędźwiowego kręgosłupa: 24 kobiety i 16 mężczyzn w wieku od 35 do 55 lat. Pacjentów podzielono na dwie grupy. Wyróżniono pacjentów poddanych krioterapii ogólnoustrojowej i 30 minutowej kinezyterapii analitycznej (grupa badana) oraz pacjentów poddanej tylko kinezyterapii (grupa kontrolna). Terapia trwała 10 dni. W badaniach zastosowano metody subiektywne (ocena odczucia intensywności bólu według skali VAS, ocena siły mięśniowej według skali Lovetta) i obiektywne (pomiar zakresu ruchomości kręgosłupa lędźwiowego – test Schobera, pomiar rotacji kręgosłupa lędźwiowego).