abstract background: coughing and deep breathing after sternotomy causes severe pain. this study was conducted to assess the effect of cold therapy on the pain in patients undergoing open heart surgery. materials and methods: in a randomized controlled trial (rct) with crossover design, 50 eligible and consenting patients were recruited and randomly allocated to gel pack and non-gel pack groups...

PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the effect of the application of local cold and cold-hot packs upon the size of bruising at the injection site of subcutaneous enoxaparin sodium. METHODS One-hundred and eighty patients with coronary diseases were allocated randomly to three groups: (i) local cold gel pack group; (ii) local cold-hot gel pack group; and (iii) control group. Assessment of the ...

BACKGROUND Coughing and deep breathing after sternotomy causes severe pain. This study was conducted to assess the effect of cold therapy on the pain in patients undergoing open heart surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with crossover design, 50 eligible and consenting patients were recruited and randomly allocated to gel pack and non-gel pack groups on the f...

BACKGROUND Coughing has been identified as the most painful experience post cardiac surgery. METHODS Participants (n = 32), in a randomized crossover trial, applied a frozen gel pack to their sternal incision dressing before performing deep breathing and coughing (DB & C) exercises. Pain scores from 0 to 10 at rest were compared with pain scores post DB & C with and without the gel pack. Part...

the effect of applying cold gel pack on the anxiety of sternal incision associated with deep breathing and coughing in cardiac surgery patients    khalkhali hr [1] , ebrahimi rigi z [2] , feizi a * [3] , salehi sh [4] , salmanzadeh hr [5] , bazdar p [6]     received: 26 feb, 2013 accepted: 13 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : coughing & deep breathing after sternotomy is along with hig...

BACKGROUND To our knowledge there has been no research that has compared the effectiveness of two popular cold therapy modalities applied to healthy human knees, with a surgical dressing, over a 4 h period. HYPOTHESIS To determine whether gel packs are more effective than ice bags at reducing skin surface temperature in humans. STUDY DESIGN This was a randomised, repeated measures crossover...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate which cold application is more effective regulate skin temperature in patients with tennis elbow. Design: Randomized clinical study. Participants: Fifty-four elbow were randomly divided into 2 groups as cooling gel group (n=27) and pack (n=27). Interventions: Cooling applications applied on painful lateral epicondyle region for 15 minutes...

OBJECTIVE The present study compared the effect of quadriceps and hamstring muscle cooling on standing balance in healthy young men. METHODS Thirty healthy young men (18-30 years) participated in the study. The participants were randomly assigned to three groups (n=10 each): quadriceps cooling (QC), hamstring cooling (HC), or control group (no cooling). Participants in the QC and HC groups re...

Background: Cardiac catheterization is a minimally invasive intervention that can cause complications of vascular access after compression the femoral artery or sheath removal. Cold pack gel non-pharmacological therapy given sheat removal to reduce pain. Objective:This study aimed measure effect ice on pain reduction in arterial post-cardiac patients. Methods: This interventional clinical with ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Similar to other wounds, episiotomy could lead to infections and delayed recovery. Since olive oil has antibacterial and wound healing properties, this study aimed to compare the effects of cold compress with gel packs and topical olive oil on the recovery of episiotomy wounds in primigravid women. METHODS: This clinical trial was conducted on 90 primigravid women refe...