Pain in the elderly: Prospective study of hyperbaric CO2 cryotherapy (neurocryostimulation)
| Autor: | Guy Chatap, Annabelle De Sousa, Jean-Pierre Vincent, Karine Giraud |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale medicine.medical_treatment Analgesic Pain Cryotherapy Severity of Illness Index Rheumatology Hypothermia Induced Severity of illness medicine Humans Pain Management Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over Geriatrics business.industry Chronic pain Carbon Dioxide medicine.disease Clinical trial Treatment Outcome Acute Disease Chronic Disease Physical therapy Female Analgesia business |
| Zdroj: | Joint Bone Spine. 74:617-621 |
| ISSN: | 1297-319X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbspin.2006.10.011 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the analgesic effects of hyperbaric CO(2) cryotherapy in elderly inpatients.An open-label prospective study was conducted in two geriatrics departments in patients with a broad range of pain characteristics. Each patient underwent a physical evaluation followed by hyperbaric CO(2) cryotherapy sessions, whose spacing and number were at the discretion of the physiotherapist. Patients completed a 100-mm visual analog scale for pain severity before and after the sessions.We included 51 patients, who were treated between May 2 and June 30, 2005. Mean age was 83.7years, and the female-to-male ratio was 4/1. The patients had acute or chronic pain whose origin was usually musculoskeletal (80.3%) or neurological (18.6%). Pain scores decreased significantly after four sessions, from 52mm to 13mm (P0.001) in patients with acute pain and from 45mm to 13mm (P0.001) in those with chronic pain.Hyperbaric CO(2) cryotherapy is an innovative tool that should be incorporated within the non-pharmacological armamentarium for achieving pain relief in older patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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