Cryotherapy in rheumatic diseases

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-118

  Demoulin, Christophe ^a   Vanderthommen, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cold; Cold pack; Cryotherapy; Ice; Rheumatism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ICE; OXYGEN; SNOW;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTERIOLE; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD INJURY; COLD SENSITIVITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOTHERAPY; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMOPHILIA; MEDIATOR RELEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANALGESIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CRYOTHERAPY; EDEMA; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857798523     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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