Whole Body Cryotherapy and Morphological and Rheological Indicators

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Systemic Cryotherapy on the Rheological, Morphological, and Biochemical Blood Indicators

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04177563
• Other study ID #: USPKrakow
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2013
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: November 2014
• Source: University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the planned study was to evaluate the effect of repeated cryostimulation treatments on immunological, morphological, and biochemical indicators of the peripheral blood of healthy, young Men

Description:

A group of 18 healthy men aged 19-26 participated in the study. The group included a group of ten students with high physical activity and a group of eight students with moderate physical activity.

Whole-body cryotherapy was performed in a cryochamber located in the Malopolska Cryotherapy Centre in Krakow (Poland) in the spring of 2013 and in the winter and spring of 2014.

The temperature inside the vestibule during the procedure was about -60 ºC and in the actual chamber about -120 ºC. The concentration of oxygen in the air of the cryochamber was kept constant at 21-22% and continuously controlled by two independent oxygen probes.

The participants of the study were subjected to 24 whole-body cryotherapy treatments (one treatment three times a week for two months). Before the procedure, they were informed about how to move and breathe in the cryochamber. Each entrance to the cryochamber was preceded by a 30-second adaptation period in the vestibule at a temperature of -60 ºC. Then the subjects entered the cryochamber for three minutes. During the treatment, the men wore short trousers, woollen socks and gloves, hats or headbands to protect against freezing and clogs. Moreover, the mouths and noses of the participants were covered with surgical masks, secured with a strip of gauze. During the procedure, the subjects were in permanent eye contact with the doctor and the staff.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 20, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 27 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• informed consent for research;

• equal age and above 18 years of age;

• no contraindications to cryostimulation procedures;

• physically active

Exclusion Criteria:

• lack of informed consent for research

• children and adolescents under 18 years of age,

• patients with inflammatory diseases, infectious, autoimmune and cancer

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Quality of Life

Intervention

Other:
• whole body cryostimulation
Whole-body cryotherapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Research in both groups	determination of blood biochemical components	through study completion, an average of 1 month
Primary	blood collection in a group of participants with high and moderate physical activity	Determination of blood components	up to 3 months
Secondary	blood collection in both groups tested	Determination of blood rheology	for 3 months