Cryotherapy in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: A systematic review

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 281-294

  Guillot, Xavier ^a,b   Tordi, Nicolas ^b   Mourot, Laurent ^c   Demougeot, Céline ^b   Dugué, Benoît ^d   Prati, Clément ^a,b   Wendling, Daniel ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b France   (France)

^c Sports University of Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e Hôpital Saint Jacques   (France)

Author keywords

cryotherapy; cytokines; DAS28; enzymes; pain VAS

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CRYOTHERAPY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CRYOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; JOINTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84893076214     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2014.870036     Document Type: Review

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