Cryotherapy
- 3. Physiological effects
• Hemodynamic effect
• Neuromuscular effect
1. Decrease nerve conducrion velocity
2.Increase pain thershold
3. Alternation of muscles strength
4.Facilation of muscles contraction
5. Decrease spasticity
• Metabolic effect
- 4. Theraputic effect
• Acute inflammation
• Control edema
• Control pain
• Decresase spasticity
• Faciliate muscle contraction
• Multiple sclerosis
• Cryokinetics ans cryostretch
- 6. Precaution
• Open wounds
• Hypertensive patient
• Cardiac diseases
• Defective skin sensation
• Skun hypersensitivity
• Impaired mentation
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