Evaluating safety risks of whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC): a scoping review from an international consortium
Legrand FD, Dugué B, Costello J, Bleakley C, Miller E, Broatch JR, Polidori G, Lubkowska A, Louis J, Lombardi G, Bieuzen F, Capodaglio P
European journal of medical research · 22 citas
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- Revisión sistemática (clasificado por nuestro filtro de IA)
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- Eventos clínicos como enfermedad o muerte
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- Publicado
- 2023-09-28 · Eur J Med Res · vol. 28 · número 1 · pág. 387
- Editorial
- BioMed Central
- Citado
- 35 citas · más que el 93% de estudios similares · 3.6× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 37 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista) · CC-BY
- Áreas de investigación
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Sports injuries and prevention
- Palabras clave
- Cryotherapy, Medicine, Adverse effect, Physical therapy, Randomized controlled trial, MEDLINE, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine, Surgery
- MeSH
- humans, exercise, cryotherapy, aged
12 autores
- Fabien D. Legrand🇫🇷 · autor de correspondenciaCognition, Santé, Société; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- Benoît Dugué🇫🇷Université de Poitiers; Laboratoire Mobilité Vieillissement et Exercice
- Joe Costello🇬🇧University of Portsmouth
- Chris Bleakley🇬🇧University of Ulster
- Elżbieta Dorota Miller🇵🇱Medical University of Lodz
- James R. Broatch🇦🇺Victoria University
- Guillaume Polidori🇫🇷MATériaux et Ingénierie Mécanique; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- Anna Lubkowska🇵🇱University of Szczecin; Pomeranian Medical University
- Julien B. Louis🇬🇧Liverpool John Moores University
- Giovanni Lombardi🇮🇹IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio; Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
- François Bieuzen🇨🇦Institut National du Sport du Québec
- Paolo Capodaglio🇮🇹University of Turin
Resumen
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Over the two last decades, whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC) has emerged as an exciting non-pharmacological treatment influencing inflammatory events at a cellular and physiological level, which can result in improved sleep quality, faster neuromuscular recovery after high-intensity exercise, and chronic pain relief for patients suffering different types of diseases (fibromyalgia, rheumatism, arthritis). Some evidence even suggests that WBC has benefits on mental health (depression, anxiety disorders) and cognitive functions in both adults and older adults, due to increased circulating BDNF levels. Recently, some safety concerns have been expressed by influential public health authorities (e.g., FDA, INSERM) based on reports from patients who developed adverse events upon or following WBC treatment. However, part of the data used to support these claims involved individuals whose entire body (except head) was exposed to extreme cold vaporized liquid nitrogen while standing in a narrow bathtub. Such a procedure is known as partial-body cryotherapy (PBC), and is often erroneously mistaken to be whole-body cryotherapy. Although having similarities in terms of naming and pursued aims, these two approaches are fundamentally different. The present article reviews the available literature on the main safety concerns associated with the use of true whole-body cryotherapy. English- and French-language reports of empirical studies including case reports, case series, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified through searches of PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, and Web of Science electronic databases. Five case reports and two RCTs were included for a total of 16 documented adverse events (AEs). A critical in-depth evaluation of these AEs (type, severity, context of onset, participant's medical background, follow-up) is proposed and used to illustrate that WBC-related safety risks are within acceptable limits and can be proactively prevented by adhering to existing recommendations, contraindications, and commonsense guidelines.
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