Ice freezes pain? A review of the clinical effectiveness of analgesic cold therapy

Ernst, Edzard; Fialka, V.

doi:10.1016/0885-3924(94)90150-3

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“…It is probably by reducing inflammation, causing vasoconstriction and subsequent reduction in edema and pain-producing mediators such as bradykinin, 5-hydroxytryptamine, P substance, and eicosanoids (22,23) In this paper was described the successful cryotherapy for oral pathologies commonly found in children. Several alternative techniques have been proposed for the management of mucoceles, such as micro-marsupialization, carbon dioxide laser, gamma-linolenic acid and erbium laser (22,23), which ultimately complicate the proper choice for each modality. Treatment options over excisional surgery include lesion removal with Nd:YAG laser because of the lower bleeding risk compared with other surgical techniques (24).…”

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Cryosurgery as an Effective Alternative for Treatment of Oral Lesions in Children

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Children can exhibit a wide variety of oral pathologies, such as oral lesions, bone lesions, tumors, cysts and cutaneous lesions. Different techniques have been described for the treatment of these lesions, but all of them are invasive. This paper presents a series of cases that demonstrate the clinical efficacy of cryosurgery as an alternative to invasive surgical treatments of the most common oral lesions in children. This technique has been well tolerated by patients due to the absence of anesthesia, rapid healing and minimal bleeding. Cryotherapy has many applications in oral medicine and is an extremely useful alternative in patients to whom surgery is contraindicated due to age or medical history. It is a simple procedure to perform, minimally invasive, low-cost and very effective in pediatric dentistry clinic.

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Cryosurgery as an Effective Alternative for Treatment of Oral Lesions in Children

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“…Primer olarak sinirler üzerine direkt etki ile ağrı eşiğini yükseltirler, spinal kord seviyesinde ağrı modülasyo-nuna neden olurlar veya endorfin seviyesini yükseltirler. Sekonder olarak ise, kas spazmlarını veya vasküler tonusu düzenleyip ödem ve iskemiyi azaltarak ağrıda azalmayı sağlarlar (8)(9)(10)(11).…”

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Are We Being Unfair to Physical Therapy Agents?

Kabayel¹,

Yavuz²

2014

Turk J Phys Med Rehab

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Physical therapy is the treatment of physical dysfunction or injury by the application of various modalities. It has been used for therapeutic purposes since ancient times for a variety of disorders. Due to study limitations, physical agents' clinical efficacy data are limited, despite being very widely used. Through our review of the literature, it is apparent from the publications that the numbers of patients are small and that the application methods are uncertain. In this review, the physiological effects, clinical effectiveness, and indications of physical therapy will be discussed according to literature. The role and importance of physical agents in therapy will be evaluated, and we will attempt to answer the question, "Are we being unfair to physical therapy agents?"

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“…A crioterapia é uma modalidade terapêutica freqüentemente utilizada no tratamento de lesões musculoesqueléticas agudas (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) . Traumas moderados e graves nos tecidos moles estão presentes na maior parte das lesões causadas por esportes recreacionais e competitivos (7)(8) .…”

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“…Há evidências de que a crioterapia produz efeitos analgésicos e promove a restauração estrutural e funcional, o que favorece o processo de reabilitação (2) . Dessa forma, a crioterapia local pode facilitar a recuperação de tais lesões, sendo que a vasoconstrição induzida pelo frio reduz a formação de edemas (5) , bem como a intensidade do dano celular local, por meio da redução do quadro hemorrágico (4) e das demandas metabólicas no tecido lesado (1) . Embora freqüentemente utilizada em programas de fisioterapia (13) , os efeitos da crioterapia no tratamento de lesões musculares agudas não estão totalmente elucidados (14) .…”

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Análise biomecânica dos efeitos da crioterapia no tratamento da lesão muscular aguda

Matheus

Milani

Gomide

et al. 2008

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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A crioterapia é amplamente utilizada por atletas profissionais e amadores no tratamento agudo de lesões musculares. Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as propriedades mecânicas do músculo gastrocnêmio lesionado por impacto direto e tratado com crioterapia. Para tanto, foram utilizadas 24 ratas Wistar, divididas em três grupos experimentais: grupo controle (C): animais mantidos em gaiolas-padrão por seis dias; grupo lesionado (L): animais submetidos à lesão por mecanismo de impacto no gastrocnêmio, sem tratamento e mantidos em gaiolas-padrão por seis dias; grupo lesionado e tratado com crioterapia (LC): animais submetidos à lesão, tratados com uma sessão de crioterapia, imediatamente após a lesão e mantidos em gaiolas-padrão por seis dias. Após essas etapas, os animais foram submetidos à eutanásia para que fossem realizados os ensaios mecânicos de tração dos músculos gastrocnêmios direitos, na máquina universal de ensaios (EMIC ® ). A partir dos gráficos carga versus alongamento de cada ensaio, foram calculadas as seguintes propriedades mecânicas: carga no limite máximo (CLM), alongamento no limite máximo (ALM) e rigidez (R). No ALM, o grupo C apresentou diferença estatística (p < 0,05) somente quando comparado com o L. Quando analisadas carga máxima e rigidez, houve diferença estatística (p < 0,05) nos três grupos. Assim, enquanto os músculos lesionados sem tratamento apresentaram diminuição de todas as propriedades mecânicas analisadas, os tratados com crioterapia mostraram melhora das propriedades, porém, sem alcançar o grupo controle. Dessa forma, podemos concluir que a sessão de crioterapia por imersão imediata após a lesão promoveu melhora das propriedades mecânicas analisadas.Palavras-chave: lesões de tecidos moles, músculo esquelético, crioterapia, ratos. ABSTRACTCryotherapy is widespread used in the acute treatment of muscle injuries of professional and unprofessional athletes. The purpose of this study was the investigation of mechanical properties of gastrocnemius muscle submitted to a impact mechanism of injury and treated with cryoterapy. Therefore, twenty four female Wistar rats were divided into three groups: Control (C): animals housed in standard cages for six days; Lesion (L): animals submitted to a direct impact mechanism of injury in the gastrocnemius muscle, without any treatment and kept into standard cages during six days; Lesion e cryotherapy (LC): animals submitted to the contusion, treated with a single session of cryotherapy immediately after lesion and housed in standard cages during six days. After those protocols, the rats were killed and their right gastrocnemius muscle were dissected and submitted to a mechanical test of traction in a universal assays machine (EMIC ® ). From the load versus elongation curves, the following mechanical properties were obtained: Maximum limit load (MLL), maximum limit elongation (MLE) and stiffness (St). There was a statistically difference between all groups in MLL and St. However, in the MLE there was statistically difference only between gro...

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Ice freezes pain? A review of the clinical effectiveness of analgesic cold therapy

Cited by 197 publications

References 18 publications

Cryosurgery as an Effective Alternative for Treatment of Oral Lesions in Children

Cryosurgery as an Effective Alternative for Treatment of Oral Lesions in Children

Are We Being Unfair to Physical Therapy Agents?

Análise biomecânica dos efeitos da crioterapia no tratamento da lesão muscular aguda

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