ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications2022
WHOLE-BODY CRYOSTIMULATION: A REHABILITATION BOOSTER.
Article in Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Impact of Whole-Body Cryostimulation (WBC) on Hemostatic Parameters in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of Whole-Body Cryostimulation on Stress Biomarkers and Psychological Well-Being in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Thermal stress: an untapped potential in rehabilitation? An opinion paper on Finnish sauna and whole-body cryostimulation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Review
- Impact of Whole-Body Cryotherapy on Pain, Sleep Quality, Functional Status, and Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis: A Comparative Study with Follow-Up.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Whole-Body Cold Stimulation Improves Cardiac Autonomic Control Independently of the Employed Temperature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Is Whole-Body Cryostimulation Useful in Modulating Spasticity in Adults with Cerebral Palsy? A Case Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Autonomic Modulation in Parkinson's Disease Using Whole-Body Cryostimulation: A Pilot Study.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- The Effect of Physical Activity and Repeated Whole-Body Cryotherapy on the Expression of Modulators of the Inflammatory Response in Mononuclear Blood Cells among Young Men.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Targeting Vascular Impairment, Neuroinflammation, and Oxidative Stress Dynamics with Whole-Body Cryotherapy in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Whole Body Cryostimulation: A New Adjuvant Treatment in Central Sensitization Syndromes? An Expert Opinion.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Whole-Body Cryostimulation as an Adjunctive Treatment for Neurophysiologic Tinnitus and Associated Disorders: Preliminary Evidence from a Case Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Advance in the mechanism and clinical research of myalgia in long COVID.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2024Review
- Pre-exercise cryotherapy reduces myoglobin and creatine kinase levels after eccentric muscle stress in young women.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Functional Neurological Disorders: A Case Report.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Whole-Body Cryostimulation, a Complementary Treatment for Phantom Limb Syndrome: Preliminary Evidence from a Case Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
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Abstract
A growing body of work suggests that whole-body cryostimulation (WBC) could play a role as a promising adjuvant therapy in various conditions of rehabilitation interest. In fact, WBC is currently being used to relieve symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis, depression and anxiety, multiple sclerosis, sleep disturbances, muscle soreness after strenuous physical exercise, post-Covid syndrome and obesity. WBC is not only a symptomatic physical therapy but rather represents an "adaptation therapy" because of the repeated shock-like cryogenic cold stimulus over the entire body surface that induces reactions in the autonomic, endocrine, circulatory, neuromuscular and immunological systems, resulting in an adaptation that contributes to the restoration of the homeostatic state. Therefore, based on the existing evidence, WBC can be described as follows:a "training method" for the autonomic nervous system;a novel anti-inflammatory and antioxidant treatment;a treatment with beneficial effects on body composition and adipose tissue. In our opinion, the powerful effects of thermal stress on the physiological responses of the human body present unique features that could potentially be exploited to boost rehabilitation outcomes in various conditions. Therefore, we believe it is important to highlight the potential use of WBC for medical use and emphasize its relevance in the field of rehabilitation with the aim of stimulating scientific studies on the efficacy of WBC as an adjuvant treatment in various conditions of rehabilitation interest.
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