Cryotherapy for treating soft tissue injuries in sport medicine: a critical review.

Autor:	Racinais S; DMEM, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France sebastien.racinais@creps-montpellier.sports.gouv.fr.; Environmental Stress Unit, CREPS Montpellier Font-Romeu, Montpellier, France., Dablainville V; DMEM, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; Research and Scientific Support, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar., Rousse Y; Environmental Stress Unit, CREPS Montpellier Font-Romeu, Montpellier, France., Ihsan M; Scientific Conditioning Centre, Elite Training Science and Technology Division, Hong Kong Sports Institute, Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Grant ME; Institute of Sport & Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland., Schobersberger W; UMIT Tirol, Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Hall and University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria., Budgett R; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Engebretsen L; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	British journal of sports medicine [Br J Sports Med] 2024 Oct 22; Vol. 58 (20), pp. 1215-1223. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 22.
DOI:	10.1136/bjsports-2024-108304
Abstrakt:	Sports medicine physicians and physiotherapists commonly use cryotherapy (eg, ice application) postinjury to decrease tissue temperature with the objective of reducing pain, limiting secondary injury and inflammation, and supporting healing. However, besides the analgesic effect of cryotherapy, a literature search revealed no evidence from human studies that cryotherapy limits secondary injury or has positive effects on tissue regeneration. Thus, our current understanding of the potential mechanisms and applications of cryotherapy largely relies on the results from animal studies. Importantly, treatment should not aim at obliterating the inflammatory and regeneration processes but instead aim to restore an adapted/normal regulation of these processes to improve function and recovery. However, some animal studies suggest that cryotherapy may delay or impair tissue regeneration. With the translation of laboratory animal studies to human sport medicine being limited by different injury and muscle characteristics, the effect of cryotherapy in patients with musculoskeletal injuries is uncertain. Thus, pending the results of human studies, cryotherapy may be recommended in the first 6 hours following an injury to reduce pain (and possibly haematoma), but it should be used with caution beyond 12 hours postinjury as animal studies suggest it may interfere with tissue healing and regeneration. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
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