Whole body and partial body cryotherapies - lessons from human practice and possible application for horses

Whole body and partial body cryotherapies (WBC and PBC) have been successfully used in human medicine, and currently also are being proposed in veterinary practice.In horses, only the partial body cryotherapy provided in cryosauna is considered, due to the technical conditions. These therapies have...

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Published in:BMC veterinary research 2018-12, Vol.14 (1), p.394-394, Article 394
Main Authors: Roszkowska, K, Witkowska-Pilaszewicz, O, Przewozny, M, Cywinska, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anti-inflammatory activity
Athletes
Care and treatment
Cold
Cooling
Cryosauna
cryosurgery
Cryotherapy
Cytokines
Debate
Hematology
Horse
Horse diseases
Horses
humans
Immunology
Inflammation
Inflammatory diseases
Injuries
Leukocytes
medicine
Methods
Pain
Paracrine signalling
patients
Skin
Spinal cord
Systematic review
temperature
Training
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:Whole body and partial body cryotherapies (WBC and PBC) have been successfully used in human medicine, and currently also are being proposed in veterinary practice.In horses, only the partial body cryotherapy provided in cryosauna is considered, due to the technical conditions. These therapies have been dedicated to human patients with rheumatic and inflammatory diseases as well as an assistance during training in athletes. The anti-inflammatory effects have been demonstrated clinically and indicated by the changes in several hematological and immunological parameters, however, various patterns have been described, depending on the protocols and the treating subjects. The numbers of white blood cells and the differential counts either increased or remained unchanged but the cytokine concentrations generally changed towards various anti-inflammatory profiles and the modifications of immunological molecules having paracrine effects have been reported.In equine practice, local cold therapies have been successfully used, so the therapy in cryosauna, which allows for a much shorter procedure with much lower temperature seems promising.
ISSN:1746-6148
1746-6148
DOI:10.1186/s12917-018-1679-6