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Houten D, Cooper D. How does cryotherapy effect ankle proprioception in healthy individuals? Somatosens Mot Res. 2017 Sep;34(3):158-171.
Design: Repeated Measures Design
Subjects: 18 healthy university sports team students (11 males, 7 females) aged between 20 and 21 years old. Methods: Participants were treated with 15 min of Aircast Cryo/Cuff , which fully covered the ankle joint of their dominant leg. Outcomes included: Skin temperature pre and post-test, ankle active joint positional sense (A-JPS) and static balance at pre-test, post-test and 5 min post-test).
Key message: 15 min of Aircast Cryo/Cuff treatment does not significantly affect proprioception. This may be important for athletes in team sports where they may apply cryotherapy whilst substituted to aid recovery before returning to dynamic play.
Results:
• The mean skin surface temperature decreased from 21.8°C pre-test to 15.4°C following the 15-min Cryo-cuff treatment (p=0.00). • The statistical analysis found no significant difference for JPS for active dorsiflexion( p=0.080), active plantarflexion (p=0.051), passive dorsiflexion (p=0.383), and passive plantarflexion (p=0.659) following the cryotherapy treatment. • The results of the static balance test found no significant difference using a repeated measures ANOVA for CoP (centre of pressure) path length (p=0.235), medial-lateral (ML) mean deviation (p=0.617), and antero-posterior (AP) mean deviation (p=0.116) following the cryotherapy treatment.
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