Cryotherapy refers to the use of cold temperature to treat disease and is a mainstay therapeutic modality for a wide variety of skin conditions. This article reviews the early history of development of cryotherapy in dermatology.

Objectives Digital cryotherapy is commonly used for laminitis prophylaxis and treatment. Currently validated methods for distal limb cryotherapy involve wet application or compression technology. There is a need for a practical, affordable, dry cryotherapy method that effectively cools the digit. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hoof wall surface temperatures (HWSTs) achieved wit...

In this paper, we analyze and describe the scientific evidence supporting the therapeutic value of cryotherapy based on the outcome analysis. Although a definitive conclusion on the efficacy of cryotherapy cannot be drawn based on current scientific evidence; the general consensus is to continue to use such therapy soon after acute sports injury and their surgical treatment. INTRODUCTION Althou...

OBJECTIVE Local cryotherapy is used to relieve pain and inflammation in injuries and inflammatory conditions. Whole-body cryotherapy is an extreme method administered at -110 degrees C for 2 to 3 minutes. The aim of the study was to compare the effect of cryotherapies on pain and inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Sixty patients with active seropositive RA were r...

Cryotherapy is one of most popular treatments for treating injuries using cold applications due to various advantages that have been accepted by medical professionals like safe use and able reduce pain inflammation if the treatment given according specifications. The existing devices in market such as cryo-cuff will become more efficient it capable control important parameter cooling temperatur...

Background: Recovery strategies are often used with the intention of preventing or minimising muscle soreness after exercise. Whole-body cryotherapy, which involves a single or repeated exposure(s) to extremely cold dry air (below -100 °C) in a specialised chamber or cabin for two to four minutes per exposure, is currently being advocated as an effective intervention to reduce muscle soreness a...

results there was a real faster response in the first group; while groups 3 and 4 had the slowest responses to treatment. rates of responsiveness seemed to have no significant difference between the groups, but side effects were significantly much frequent in the first group. conclusions intralesional triamcinolone acetonide with cryotherapy showed the most efficacies with more adverse effects,...

In whole body cryotherapy the whole human body is exposed to low temperature below -100 degrees C in a special room called cryogenic chamber for a very short period of time (2-3 minutes). The impact of cold can cause many different biochemical and physiological reactions of the organism. The skin temperature response due to whole body cryotherapy was studied by means of infrared measurements. T...

UNLABELLED Cryotherapy as a whole-body cold therapy (with cold air cooled by addition of nitrogen blown on the patients in an open cabin) for treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases already started in Bad Säckingen in 1986. In 1996, a new cold chamber (this time a closed chamber without any addition of nitrogen) based on compressor technology was introduced. The aim of our study was to tes...

OBJECTIVES Local cryotherapy is widely and empirically used in the adjuvant setting in rheumatoid arthritis treatment, however its own therapeutic and anti-inflammatory effects are poorly characterized. We aimed to evaluate the effects of local cryotherapy on local and systemic inflammation in Adjuvant-induced arthritis, a murine model of rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS The effects of mild hypo...