ArticleJournal of biomechanical engineering2014
Quantitative evaluation of the thermal heterogeneity on the surface of cryotherapy cooling pads.
Article in Journal of biomechanical engineering, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cryotherapy-Induced Persistent Vasoconstriction After Cutaneous Cooling: Hysteresis Between Skin Temperature and Blood Perfusion.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2016Trial
- Mechanisms and parameters of cryotherapy intervention for early postoperative swelling following total knee arthroplasty: A scoping review.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- A Conformable Two-Dimensional Resistance Temperature Detector for Measuring Average Skin Temperature.Journal of medical devices · 2021Article
- An On-Site Thermoelectric Cooling Device for Cryotherapy and Control of Skin Blood Flow.Journal of medical devices · 2015Article
- Heat Transfer in Health and Healing.Journal of heat transfer · 2015Article
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Abstract
We have investigated thermal operating characteristics of 13 commercially available cryotherapy units (CTUs) and their associated cooling pads using IR imaging. Quantitative examination of the temperature profiles from pad IR images shows diverse, nonuniform temperature distribution patterns. The extent of heterogeneity of the temperature fields was quantified via standard image analysis methods, including thresholding, spatial gradient diagrams, and frequency histogram distributions. A primary conclusion of this study is that it is a misnomer to characterize the thermal performance of a CTU and cooling pad combination in terms of a single therapeutic temperature.
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