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(The effect of cryo- and cryoelectrotherapy on regional hemodynamics in coxarthrosis patients) [Russian]
Grigoryeva VD, Suzdalnitsky DV, Streltsova EN, Nikolaeva TG
Voprosy Kurortologii, Fizioterapii i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury [Problems of Health Resorts, Physiotherapy and Exercise Therapy] 1992;69(5-6):49-54
clinical trial
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Physiotherapy (cryotherapy, cryoelectrotherapy or sinusoidal modulated currents) and therapeutic exercise were included in the course of rehabilitation given to 110 coxitis patients. Less pronounced reduction in microcirculation in the cooled tissue was registered in the exposure to a single cryoelectrotherapy procedure than to a single cryotherapy one, activation of the blood flow that followed was more intensive. Positive trends in the local and peripheral circulation were more evident after cryotherapy or cryoelectrotherapy.

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