Whole-body cryotherapy refers to brief exposure to very cold air for treating symptoms of various illnesses. In sports medicine, whole-body cryotherapy is administered to improve recovery from muscular trauma. As specific Studies are lacking we Measured cardiac markers in 10 top-level rugby players of the Italian National team before and after a I-week course of daily sessions of whole-body cryotherapy. All Subjects continued with the same training workload as that of the previous weeks. N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) levels increased but remained within the normal range. whilst troponin I (TnI) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) Were Unchanged. Whole-body cryotherapy did not impair cardiac function in this sample of elite athletes. (C) 2008 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effects of the whole-body cryotherapy on NTproBNP, hsCRP and troponin I in athletes
BANFI , GIUSEPPE;
2009-01-01
Abstract
Whole-body cryotherapy refers to brief exposure to very cold air for treating symptoms of various illnesses. In sports medicine, whole-body cryotherapy is administered to improve recovery from muscular trauma. As specific Studies are lacking we Measured cardiac markers in 10 top-level rugby players of the Italian National team before and after a I-week course of daily sessions of whole-body cryotherapy. All Subjects continued with the same training workload as that of the previous weeks. N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) levels increased but remained within the normal range. whilst troponin I (TnI) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) Were Unchanged. Whole-body cryotherapy did not impair cardiac function in this sample of elite athletes. (C) 2008 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
