Giemza Czesław, Matczak-Giemza Magdalena, De Nardi Massimo, Ostrowska Bożena, Czech Piotr
a Faculty of Physiotherapy , University School of Physical Education , Wrocław , Poland .
b Lower Silesian Center of Oncology , Wrocław , Poland , and.
Aging Male. 2015;18(3):135-42. doi: 10.3109/13685538.2014.949660. Epub 2014 Aug 18.
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.
冷冻疗法是指在1 - 3分钟内施加低于-100°C的冷冻治疗温度刺激，以激发并利用人体对寒冷的生理反应。它可应用于身体特定部位或全身。全身冷冻疗法是一种用于治疗运动器官问题、神经系统疾病、精神病学、皮肤病学和喉科学的治疗方法。该研究小组由80名年龄在65 - 77岁之间、患有慢性（持续超过3个月）下背部疼痛的男性组成。符合研究条件的受试者被分为两组。A组由40名患者组成，他们每周接受两次全身冷冻疗法（WBC）。B组也有40名患者，他们每周接受一次全身冷冻疗法（WBC）。检查进行了两次。第一次在治疗开始前进行，第二次在治疗结束后进行。研究结果表明，A组患者没有出现任何统计学上的显著改善。然而，B组获得的结果已证明病情有显著改善，这使研究人员能够得出结论，全身冷冻疗法对治疗下背部疼痛患者有效。
