Detection by Infrared Thermography of the Effect of Local Cryotherapy Exposure on Thermal Spreadin Skin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Methodology
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- passive: the subject undergoes the environment (22°C, H = 60%) cooling only (control group);
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- an application of a cold pack for 5 min behind the popliteal fossa (group ice 5 min);
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- an application of a cold pack for 10 min behind the popliteal fossa (group ice 10 min);
2.2. Material
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- emissivity of the body: 0.976 [26];
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- environment temperature: 22 °C;
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- object distance: 1.4 m.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Results
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- The 5-min cooling group shows significantly higher temperatures than the group that did not undergo cryotherapy (p < 0.001).
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- Putting an ice pack for 5 min during the post-exercise rest seems to provide significantly higher temperatures compared to the other experiments.
3.2. Discussion
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- that cryotherapy application increases skin temperature in specific areas;
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- that the phenomenon does not only have a local impact.
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Age (years) | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | BMI (kg∙m−2) | % of Body Fat | |
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Averages | 23.20 | 1.755 | 68.30 | 22.13 | 18.65 |
SD | 1.69 | 0.077 | 7.10 | 1.33 | 4.65 |
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Vellard, M.; Arfaoui, A. Detection by Infrared Thermography of the Effect of Local Cryotherapy Exposure on Thermal Spreadin Skin. J. Imaging 2016, 2, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging2020020
Vellard M, Arfaoui A. Detection by Infrared Thermography of the Effect of Local Cryotherapy Exposure on Thermal Spreadin Skin. Journal of Imaging. 2016; 2(2):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging2020020
Chicago/Turabian StyleVellard, Matthieu, and Ahlem Arfaoui. 2016. "Detection by Infrared Thermography of the Effect of Local Cryotherapy Exposure on Thermal Spreadin Skin" Journal of Imaging 2, no. 2: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging2020020