Ksiezopolska-Pietrzak K
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 1998 Oct;5(28):222-4.
Cryotherapy is use of temperature lower than -100 degrees C onto body surface, for 2-3 minutes, in aim to cause physiological reactions for cold and to use such adapting reactions. Organism's positive response to cryotherapy supports treatment of basic disease and facilitates kinesitherapy. Low temperature may be obtained by use of air flow cooled with liquid nitrogen; this could be applied either locally, over chosen part of the body, or generally, over the whole body, in cryosauna or in cryochamber. The most efficiently is applying cryotherapy twice a day, with at least 3 hours interval. Kinesitherapy is necessarily used after each cryotherapy session. Whole treatment takes 2 to 6 weeks, depending on patient's needs. Cryotherapy reduces pain and swellings, causes skeletal muscles relaxation and increase of their force, also, motion range in treated joints increases. Thus, cryotherapy seems to fulfill all necessary conditions for rehabilitation in osteoporosis. Cryotherapy represents numerous advantages: it takes short time for applying, being well tolerated by patient, also patient's status improves quickly. In addition, contraindications against cryotherapy are rare. All this makes cryotherapy a method for a broad use in prophylactics and treatment of osteoporosis.
冷冻疗法是将低于-100摄氏度的温度作用于体表2至3分钟，目的是引发机体对寒冷的生理反应并利用这种适应性反应。机体对冷冻疗法的积极反应有助于基础疾病的治疗并促进运动疗法。可通过使用液氮冷却的气流来获得低温；这既可以局部应用于身体的特定部位，也可以全身应用，如在冷冻桑拿或冷冻舱中。最有效的做法是每天进行两次冷冻疗法，间隔至少3小时。每次冷冻疗法后都必须进行运动疗法。整个治疗过程需要2至6周，具体取决于患者的需求。冷冻疗法可减轻疼痛和肿胀，使骨骼肌放松并增强其力量，此外，治疗关节的活动范围也会增加。因此，冷冻疗法似乎满足了骨质疏松症康复的所有必要条件。冷冻疗法具有诸多优点：应用时间短，患者耐受性良好，患者状况也能迅速改善。此外，冷冻疗法的禁忌症很少。所有这些使得冷冻疗法成为一种广泛应用于骨质疏松症预防和治疗的方法。
