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Martin 2001.
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Martin SS, Spindler KP, Tarter JW, Detwiler K, Petersen HA. Cryotherapy: an effective modality for decreasing intraarticular temperature after knee arthroscopy. Am J Sports Med. 2001 May-Jun;29(3):288-91.
Design: Prospective Study
Subjects: 17 patients who underwent knee arthroscopy
Methods: patients were divided into 2 groups after the arthroscopy :
• Treatment group : 12 patients were immediately treated with cryotherapy ( Aircast Cryo/Cuff ) for 2 hours. • Control group : 5 control patients were treated without ice for the 1st hour and then had ice applied for the 2nd hour. Outcomes included: intra-artcicular temperatures continually recorded every minute for 2 hours (by a thermocouple probe)
Key message: Significant decrease of intraarticular temperature of the knee after arthroscopy with Aircast Cryo/Cuff application.
Results:
• The temperature in the treatment group declined significantly, by 2.2°C over the 1st hour and by 0.79°C over the 2nd hour. • The temperature in the control group increased significantly, by 5,0°C over the 1st hour; after ice was applied, the temperature fell significantly, by 4,0°C. • The difference between the temperature decrease in the treatment group and the increase in the control group at 60 minutes was 7,1°C (P = 0.0001).
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