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Cryotherapy is a specific type of low-temperature treatment used to reduce inflammation and its associated pain. [4] Cryotherapy was developed in the 1970s by Japanese rheumatologist Toshima Yamaguchi [5] [6] and introduced to Europe, US and Australia in the 1980s [7] [8] and 1990s. [9]
Cryomassage is a type of massage involving the application of superficial cold to body tissue, [1] typically using ice or liquid nitrogen. [2] As a cryotherapy technique, cryomassage has been used to treat physical injury, [3] skin disorders [1] such as rosacea and facial erythrosis (redness), [2] and facial nerve neuropathy.
Cold compression is a combination of cryotherapy and static compression, commonly used for the treatment of pain and inflammation after acute injury or surgical procedures. [1] [2] Cryotherapy, the use of ice or cold in a therapeutic setting, has become one of the most common treatments in orthopedic medicine. The primary reason for using ...
Combining cryotherapy with immunotherapy enhances the immunostimulating response and has synergistic effects for cancer treatment. [ 6 ] Although, cryoblation and immunotherapy has been used successfully in oncological clinical practice for over 100 years, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and can treat metastatic disease with curative intent, it has been ignored in ...
Dr. Irving S. Cooper, in 1913, progressed the field of cryotherapy by designing a liquid nitrogen probe capable of achieving temperatures of -196 °C, and utilizing it to treat of Parkinson's disease and previously inoperable cancer. Cooper's cryoprobe advanced the practice of cryotherapy, which led to growing interest and practice of cryotherapy.
A hypothermia cap (also referred to as cold cap or cooling cap) is a therapeutic device used to cool the human scalp.Its most prominent medical applications are in preventing or reducing alopecia in chemotherapy, and for preventing cerebral palsy in babies born with neonatal encephalopathy caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
In 1938 he used a crude refrigerating apparatus for his experiments, with the assistance of George C. Henny, [11] [12] on cryotherapy for medical patients, for the control of cancer. [ 3 ] [ 13 ] In December 1938 Fay demonstrated that human rectal temperature could be reduced to 92 °F (33 °C), or below, for many hours without apparent injury ...
Cryosurgery (with cryo from the Ancient Greek κρύο ' icy cold ') is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; [1] thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation. Cryosurgery has been historically used to treat a number of diseases and disorders, especially a variety of benign and malignant skin ...