Masters Thesis

The effects of cryotherapy on alleviating pain utilizing the DVPRS

Cryotherapy is a common treatment among health care professionals but has yet to garner strong empirical data to support its general use. The majority of studies measure variables such as swelling and tissue temperature instead of focusing on the subjects most common complaint: pain. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore if cryotherapy is effective in alleviating the symptoms of pain in collegiate athletes by utilizing the Department of Defense Pain Scale. Subjects were recruited from a university athletic training center who were seeking cryotherapy treatment. Subjects completed a pre-treatment pain scale, received cryotherapy treatment, 20 minutes, and immediately filled out a post-treatment pain scale. The pre-treatment pain scale average of the 49 athletes was 3.58 and the average of the post-treatment pain scale is 1.3 and the difference was significant with a p0.05, suggesting that. cryotherapy treatment is potentially effective in alleviating symptoms of pain.

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