title: Effect of frequent WBC treatments on the back pain therapy in elderly men.
abstract: Cryotherapy is the application of a stimulus of a cryotherapeutic temperature below -100 °C in a period of 1-3 min in order to stimulate and use physiological reactions of human body to cold. It can be applied to specific body parts or to a whole body. Whole-body cryotherapy is a treatment method applied in treatment of motor organ issues, nervous system diseases, psychiatry, dermatology and laryngology. The research group consisted of 80 male in the age range of 65-77 suffering from chronic, lasting more than 3 months, lower back pain. The subjects qualified to the research were divided into two groups. Group A consisted of 40 patients who participated in whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) twice a week. Group B also contained 40 patients who participated in WBC whole week. Examinations were conducted twice. The first one was conducted before the commencement of the treatment while the second one after the therapy was over. The results of the research did not show any statistically significant improvement in patients from Group A. However, the results obtained by Group B have proven significant condition improvement and enable the researchers to conclude that WBC is effective in treating patients with lower back pain.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Physiotherapy , University School of Physical Education , Wrocław , Poland .
authors.forename: Czesław
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giemza
authors.affiliation: b Lower Silesian Center of Oncology , Wrocław , Poland , and.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matczak-Giemza
authors.affiliation: c School of Sport Sciences, University of Milan , Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Nardi
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Physiotherapy , University School of Physical Education , Wrocław , Poland .
authors.forename: Bożena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ostrowska
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Physiotherapy , University School of Physical Education , Wrocław , Poland .
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czech
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Elderly men; frequent WBC; lumbar spine pain symptoms; whole-body cryotherapy