Cryotherapy research Flashcards
What is another term for Crychamber?
Cryosauna
What does a cryosauna use to lower the skin temperature?
Gasiform Nitrogen
As a standard how could does it have to be to be in the range of crytherapy?
-100C or colder.
WBC stands for?
Whole-body cryotherapy
WBC came to europe in what time period.
the 80’s
WBC was initially intended for:
Treating patients with conditions such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
WBC has more recently now been used by proffesional athletes for:
Alleviating DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness)
The term for when people expose only one part of the body to the cold
Partial body cryotherapy
What’s the normal time spent in the chamber?
2-3 minutes
Hauswirth study in 2011 showed that while muscle pain and tiredness was reportedly lower…
There was no difference in recovery of strength.