Whole-body cryotherapy (−110 °C) following high-intensity intermittent exercise does not alter hormonal, inflammatory or muscle damage biomarkers in trained males

Krueger, Malte; Costello, Joseph; Achtzehn, Silvia; Dittmar, K; Mester, Joachim

doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2018.07.018

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“…The response of these therapies is depended on an applied kind of exercise, its duration, frequency, intensity and other factors: such body composition, gender and environmental conditions ( Costello et al, 2015 ; Stephens et al, 2017 ). Recently published papers revealed that these two cold therapies used after high-intensity exercise, may not always bring significant and beneficial changes in muscle damage markers compare to other recovery methods ( Chan et al, 2016 ; Krueger et al, 2018 ). Still, the review written by Rose and colleagues has shown that the application of WBC following an intensive exercise had an analgesic effect and improved physical performance in 71% of the analyzed studies.…”

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A 2-Week Specific Volleyball Training Supported by the Whole Body Cryostimulation Protocol Induced an Increase of Growth Factors and Counteracted Deterioration of Physical Performance

Jaworska¹,

Micielska²,

Kozłowska³

et al. 2018

Front. Physiol.

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Potentially beneficial effects of cold therapies on training adaptation still remain unequivocal. We have, thus, decided to evaluate the effects of a 2-week volleyball training program supported by 10 sessions of whole body cryostimulation (WBC) on growth factors and physical performance. Twenty healthy college-aged men and women randomly assigned either to the cryostimulation group (CRY) or the control group (CON; executed passive rest). Both groups took part in the same 2-weeks training program. Additionally, the CRY group attended in 10 cryo-sessions (3 min, -110°C temperature, five times/week). Blood samples were collected at baseline, 1 h after the first cryo-session as well as before and 1 h after the last session of WBC to assess growth factors, myokines concentration and the amino acid profile. Motor abilities were tested before commencing the training program and 2 days after its completion. The applied intervention resulted in an increase of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and insulin-like growth factor 1 concentrations. The adjusted effect describing the difference between groups in response to applied procedures was for both growth factors large and very likely in the CRY, higher than in the CON group (113%; Coefficient Interval: 38–230%, 45%; Coefficient Interval: 17–79%, respectively). Physical performance dropped in both groups, yet in the CRY group, the magnitude of change was smaller. The fibroblast growth factor dropped significantly 1 h following the first cryo-session, yet irisin remained statistically unchanged. The similar tendency was maintained after the whole procedure, still the range of changes was smaller. In the CRY group, an elevated uptake of tryptophan and valine noted in response to the whole intervention, could have induced a significant decrease of fasting glucose concentration (the adjusted effect small and very likely -6%; Coefficient Interval: -10 to -2%). Overall, a 2-week volleyball training program supported by the whole body cryostimulation protocol resulted in an increase of growth factors and offset a decline of physical performance. Thus these procedure can be applied in professional sport during competition period, especially among those disciplines focusing on an explosive power and ability to concentrate.

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A 2-Week Specific Volleyball Training Supported by the Whole Body Cryostimulation Protocol Induced an Increase of Growth Factors and Counteracted Deterioration of Physical Performance

Jaworska¹,

Micielska²,

Kozłowska³

et al. 2018

Front. Physiol.

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“…They observed also reduced CRP-levels 24 h after one session of WBC compared to passive recovery in equally trained participants. In contrast to these findings, the results of the recent Krueger et al study [23] have shown that WBC following high-intensity intermittent exercise did not alter hormonal, inflammatory or muscle damage biomarkers in trained males. Costello reported that there was no significant change in pain measurements during recovery with WBC [24].…”

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Differential scanning calorimetry reveals that whole-body cryostimulation in cross-country skiers can modify their response to physical effort

Michnik

Pokora

Duch

et al. 2020

J Therm Anal Calorim

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In sport medicine, cryostimulation is used to help athletes to better support the training workload, to prevent the deleterious effects of strenuous exercise and to improve recovery. In this study, eight elite crosscountry skiers had two experimental exercise sessions differing in that the second one was carried out after a series of 10 whole-body cryostimulation (WBC) treatments. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was applied to compare changes in athlete's blood serum during both sessions. Mean DSC curves of serum collected in four stages of the training session: before exercise, after exercise, at 1 h recovery and after 24 h of rest have shown a similar nature of post-exercise changes and recovery regardless of the WBC. Statistically significant effect of the exercise, reflected in some parameters of serum denaturation transition, has been found. Too small number of participants in our study did not allow to verify the hypothesis that WBC favorably modifies athletes' reaction to the effort and improves post-exercise recovery, but such trends emerged.

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“…The WBC method is based on providing the total contact of the patient's skin surface with a cryogenic gas. With a contact duration of up to 3 minutes and a gas temperature of less than 140 K, the WBC procedure provides a number of positive effects that are used in treatment practice [11,12]. The most demonstrative and controlled sign of the WBC effectiveness is the duration of analgesic action, which can last 6-8 hours [7].…”

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“…Under actual conditions, the WBC procedures in installations with a minimum temperature of 160 K (À110°C) do not ensure the constancy of the gas temperature, so the BS surface temperature after the procedure is much higher than the calculated one and is 15-20°C [24]. Such a temperature on the surface of the skin can be obtained using water baths with a temperature of 8°C; therefore, the doubts of some authors [11,18,25] on the advisability of using cryogenic technologies are fully justified.…”

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Technique and Technology of Whole-Body Cryotherapy (WBC)

Баранов¹,

Pakhomov²,

Федоров³

et al. 2020

Low-Temperature Technologies

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Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) is a highly effective treatment method of a number of serious diseases. The therapeutic effect of WBC is achieved by stimulating cold receptors of the patient's skin, which provide supercooling of the skin surface to the level of À2°C. To achieve such a temperature of the skin surface, it is necessary to ensure heat removal with intensity not less than 3500 W/m 2. Such a heat flux can remove gas with the temperature not higher than À130°C. Procedures lasting less than 2 minutes do not form therapeutic effect. Procedures lasting more than 3 minutes are dangerous for the patient's health. WBC procedures are carried out in single-and multi-seat devices. Due to the compact placement of the patient in the WBC area, the share of useful heat load on the cryostatting system is up to 70%. In multi-seat installations, the useful heat load share is not more than 50%. During the WBC procedure, consumption of liquid nitrogen per patient is 3.77 kg. For the effective use of WBC technology, it is necessary to determine the general requirements for the power of cooling systems and the temperature of cryostatting of the WBC area.

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Whole-body cryotherapy (−110 °C) following high-intensity intermittent exercise does not alter hormonal, inflammatory or muscle damage biomarkers in trained males

Abstract: The results of this study suggest that the postulated physiological mechanisms by which WBC is proposed to improve recovery, i.e. reductions in inflammation and muscle damage, may not be accurate.

Cited by 27 publications

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A 2-Week Specific Volleyball Training Supported by the Whole Body Cryostimulation Protocol Induced an Increase of Growth Factors and Counteracted Deterioration of Physical Performance

A 2-Week Specific Volleyball Training Supported by the Whole Body Cryostimulation Protocol Induced an Increase of Growth Factors and Counteracted Deterioration of Physical Performance

Differential scanning calorimetry reveals that whole-body cryostimulation in cross-country skiers can modify their response to physical effort

Technique and Technology of Whole-Body Cryotherapy (WBC)

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Whole-body cryotherapy (−110 °C) following high-intensity intermittent exercise does not alter hormonal, inflammatory or muscle damage biomarkers in trained males

Abstract: The results of this study suggest that the postulated physiological mechanisms by which WBC is proposed to improve recovery, i.e. reductions in inflammation and muscle damage, may not be accurate.

Cited by 27 publications

References 43 publications

A 2-Week Specific Volleyball Training Supported by the Whole Body Cryostimulation Protocol Induced an Increase of Growth Factors and Counteracted Deterioration of Physical Performance

A 2-Week Specific Volleyball Training Supported by the Whole Body Cryostimulation Protocol Induced an Increase of Growth Factors and Counteracted Deterioration of Physical Performance

Differential scanning calorimetry reveals that whole-body cryostimulation in cross-country skiers can modify their response to physical effort

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Whole-body cryotherapy (−110 °C) following high-intensity intermittent exercise does not alter hormonal, inflammatory or muscle damage biomarkers in trained males