Can Whole-Body Cryotherapy with Subsequent Kinesiotherapy Procedures in Closed Type Cryogenic Chamber Improve BASDAI, BASFI, and Some Spine Mobility Parameters and Decrease Pain Intensity in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis?
Stanek A, Cholewka A, Gadula J, Drzazga Z, Sieron A, Sieron-Stoltny K
BioMed research international · 30 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny
- University or hospital
- Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
- University or hospital
- Medical University of Silesia
- Grants
- Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny (KNW-1-059/N/4/0); Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny (KNW-1-003/W/5/0)
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Publication
- Published
- 2015-01-01 · Biomed Res Int · vol. 2015 · pp. 1–11
- Publisher
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Cited
- 59 citations · more than 89% of similar papers · 2.7× the field average
- References
- 31 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Keywords
- BASFI, Ankylosing spondylitis, Medicine, BASDAI, Physical therapy, Cryotherapy, Spondylitis, Surgery, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- spine, humans, spondylitis, ankylosing, pain, disability evaluation, treatment outcome, cryotherapy, severity of illness index, middle aged, female, male, pain management
6 authors
From PL
- Agata Stanek · correspondingMedical University of Silesia
- Armand CholewkaUniversity of Silesia in Katowice
- Jolanta Gaduła
- Zofia Krystyna DrzazgaUniversity of Silesia in Katowice
- Aleksander SierońMedical University of Silesia
- Karolina Sieroń–StołtnyMedical University of Silesia
Abstract
The present study investigated whether whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) procedures could potentially have more beneficial effects on index of BASDAI and BASFI, pain intensity, and spine mobility parameters: Ott test, modified Schober test, chest expansion in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients, than kinesiotherapy procedures used separately. AS patients were exposed to a cycle of WBC procedures lasting 3 minutes a day, with a subsequent 60 minutes of kinesiotherapy or 60 minutes of kinesiotherapy only, for 10 consecutive days excluding weekend. After the completion of the cycle of WBC procedures with subsequent kinesiotherapy in the AS patients, BASDAI index decreased about 40% in comparison with the input value, whereas in the group of patients who received only kinesiotherapy it decreased only about 15% in comparison with the input value. After the completion of the treatment in the WBC group, BASFI index decreased about 30% in comparison with the input value, whereas in the kinesiotherapy group it only decreased about 16% in comparison with the input value. The important conclusion was that, in WBC group with subsequent kinesiotherapy, we observed on average about twice better results than in the group treated only by kinesiotherapy.
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