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. 2015:2015:404259.
doi: 10.1155/2015/404259. Epub 2015 Jul 26.

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?

Agata Stanek  1 , Armand Cholewka  2 , Jolanta Gadula  3 , Zofia Drzazga  2 , Aleksander Sieron  1 , Karolina Sieron-Stoltny  4
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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?

Agata Stanek et al. Biomed Res Int. 2015.

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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Figure 1
Comparison of BASDAI index before and after a cycle of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures (a), before and after only a cycle of kinesiotherapy procedures (b), and BASDAI index change in whole-body cryotherapy and kinesiotherapy groups (c) obtained for patients suffering from AS.
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Figure 2
Comparison of BASFI index before and after a cycle of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures (a), before and after only a cycle of kinesiotherapy procedures (b), and BASFI index change in whole-body cryotherapy and kinesiotherapy groups (c) obtained for patients suffering from AS.
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Figure 3
Comparison of pain VAS score before and after a cycle of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures (a), before and after only a cycle of kinesiotherapy procedures (b), and VAS score change in whole-body cryotherapy and kinesiotherapy groups (c) obtained for patients suffering from AS.
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Figure 4
Comparison of Ott test (cm) before and after a cycle of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures (a), before and after only a cycle of kinesiotherapy procedures (b), and Ott test change in whole-body cryotherapy and kinesiotherapy groups (c) obtained for patients suffering from AS.
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Figure 5
Comparison of modified Schober test (cm) before and after a cycle of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures (a), before and after only a cycle of kinesiotherapy procedures (b), and Schober test change in whole-body cryotherapy and kinesiotherapy groups (c) obtained for patients suffering from AS.
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Figure 6
Comparison of chest expansion test (cm) before and after a cycle of whole-body cryotherapy with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures (a), before and after only a cycle of kinesiotherapy procedures (b), and chest expansion test change in whole-body cryotherapy and kinesiotherapy groups (c) obtained for patients suffering from AS.
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