Changes in lower-leg blood flow during warm-, cold-, and contrast-water therapy.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
; 86(7): 1404-10, 2005 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-16003672
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine arterial blood flow in the lower leg during warm-, cold-, and contrast-water therapy.DESIGN:
A crossover trial with repeated measurements on the dependent variable.SETTING:
Hydrotherapy area of a climate-controlled sports medicine clinic.PARTICIPANTS:
A volunteer sample of 24 healthy men. INTERVENTION Four randomly assigned treatments were performed on each subject on consecutive days. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
Arterial blood flow (mL per 100mL/min) from baseline measurements were recorded in a 3-minute to 1-minute on-off ratio for 20 minutes by using strain gauge plethysmography.RESULTS:
Contrast therapy produced fluctuations in blood flow throughout the 20-minute treatment. Warm-water therapy (40 degrees C) resulted in significant (P < .001) changes in blood flow compared with the control and contrast conditions. Cold-water therapy (13 degrees C) did not produce significantly decreased blood flow as compared with the control condition.CONCLUSIONS:
We suggest that further studies involving contrast therapy to the lower leg in injured populations be carried out to determine whether our initial findings are clinically relevant.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Métodos Terapêuticos e Terapias MTCI:
Terapias_biologicas
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Hidroterapia
Assunto principal:
Crioterapia
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Temperatura Alta
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Hidroterapia
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Perna (Membro)
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos