[Current state of knowledge about the application of cryotherapy for treatment of musculoskeletal diseases].
On the basis of literature data and his own investigations, the author discusses differential reactions of the human organism to cooling, the varieties of cryotherapeutic procedures, their therapeutic efficacy and current views on their mechanisms of action, and contraindications to their application. The present data indicate that the reflexotherapeutic mechanism plays a fundamental role in the analgetic action of cryotherapeutic procedures. The transient antiinflammatory influence of a single cryotherapeutic procedure does not undergo any additive effect during repetitive application of cooling. Regarding the facilitation of the kinesitherapy, cryotherapy appears a valuable means in the symptomatic management of inflammatory and noninflammatory diseases of the locomotor system.
IV Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych AM w Katowicach.
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000628:therapy; D017679:Cryotherapy; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
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