Cold therapy is used to relieve pain and inflammatory symptoms. Humoral changes may account for the pain alleviation related to the cold exposures. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of two types of cold therapy, winter swimming in ice-cold water (WS) and whole body cryotherapy (WBC), on the serum levels of the growth hormone, prolactin, thyrotropin and free fractions of th...

Whole-body cryotherapy refers to brief exposure to very cold air for treating symptoms of various illnesses. In sports medicine, whole-body cryotherapy is administered to improve recovery from muscular trauma. As specific studies are lacking, we measured cardiac markers in 10 top-level rugby players of the Italian National team before and after a 1-week course of daily sessions of whole-body cr...

OBJECTIVE Treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) is primarily based on drugs. Since many patients report improvement of symptoms due to cooling their legs, we examined the efficacy of cryotherapy in RLS. PATIENTS AND METHODS 35 patients (28 women, 60.9±12.5years) with idiopathic RLS and symptoms starting not later than 6pm were randomized into three groups: cold air chamber at -60°C (n=12)...

Abstract Cryotherapy is a minimally invasive treatment. With increasing rate of breast cancer detection, ablation therapy has become an alternative approach for the treatment this pathology due to its advantages invasive, fewer complications, good efficacy, and repeatability. Preclinical clinical studies cryotherapy published through December 2022 were identified literature search using PubMed,...

Proprioception plays an important role in the complex mechanism of joint control. Contemporary sport activities impose extremely high physical demands on athletes. Winter sports are played in areas with excessively low temperatures. Moreover, many athletes are subjected to treatments that involve local lowering of the body temperature before, during, and after physical activity. This work revie...

OBJECTIVE Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of adverse visual outcomes in premature infants. Both laser photocoagulation and cryotherapy have been demonstrated in clinical trials to be efficacious in reducing the incidence of visual loss occurring secondary to threshold ROP. Visual data recently have become available concerning the long-term clinical efficacy of both treatment...

Background and aim : Genital wart is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by different types of human papilloma virus (HPV). Cryotherapy is one of the most commonly used treatment options. Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) is another therapy commonly used in treatment of genital warts.Materials and methods: The objective of his study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy and adverse effects...

Salvador (2012) [2] Cryotherapy versus no cryotherapy 23 22 Overall mean (SE) of oral mucositis severity for the cryotherapy arm significantly lower than that for the control group: 0.43 (0.12) vs 1.14 (0.12); P<0.001 on a 0-4 scale Overall mean (SE) mucositis-related pain score for the cryotherapy arm significantly lower than that for the control group: 0.30 (0.23) vs 1.64 (0.24); P < 0.001 on...

Purpose Cryotherapy is an option for the primary treatment of localized prostate cancer, along with radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, and brachytherapy. Although it is known that local recurrence can occur in >20% of patients treated with primary cryotherapy, unfortunately there is a paucity of data on later salvage treatments. The use of external beam radiation therapy is...

ABSTRACT&#x0D; Objective: &#x0D; To determine the frequency of pain in teeth with irreversible pulpitis after single visit root canal treatment using intra-canal cryotherapy.&#x0D; Study design: Quasi experimental&#x0D; Place and duration study: Department Operative Dentistry, Armed forces institute Dentistry Rawalpindi from 1st June 2017 to 31st December 2017.&#x0D; Material Methods: Total 140...