Validation of a new whole-body cryotherapy chamber based on forced convection |
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| Institution: | 1. Université de Franche Comté, EA 4660, Laboratoire « Culture Sport Santé Société(C3S) », Unité de Promotion, de Formation et de Recherche (UPFR) des Sports, 31 rue de l’Epitaphe, 25000 Besançon, France;2. Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 4694, laboratoire « Groupe de Recherches en Sciences Pour l’Ingénieur (GRESPI)/Biomécanique », Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) STAPS, Campus du Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687 Reims, France;3. Université de Poitiers, EA 6314, laboratoire « Mobilité, Vieillissement et Exercice (MOVE) », Faculté des sciences du sport, 86000 Poitiers, France;4. Société Cryantal Développement, 15 cours du Luzard, 77186 Noisiel, France;1. Biophysics and Medical Physics Group, Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;2. Research Group in Sports Biomechanics (GIBD), Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;1. Division of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;2. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA;3. Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;1. Department of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy;2. Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy;3. Centro Polifunzionale di Scienze Motorie, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy;4. IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy;5. Department of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) and partial-body cryotherapy (PBC) are two methods of cold exposure (from ?110 to ?195 °C according to the manufacturers). However, temperature measurement in the cold chamber during a PBC exposure revealed temperatures ranging from ?25 to ?50 °C next to the skin of the subjects (using isolating layer placed between the sensor and the skin). This discrepancy is due to the human body heat transfer. Moreover, on the surface of the body, an air layer called the boundary layer is created during the exposure and limits heat transfer from the body to the cabin air. Incorporating forced convection in a chamber with a participant inside could reduce this boundary layer. The aim of this study was to explore the use of a new WBC technology based on forced convection (frontal unilateral wind) through the measurement of skin temperature. Fifteen individuals performed a 3-min WBC exposure at ?40 °C with an average wind speed of 2.3 m s?1. The subjects wore a headband, a surgical mask, underwear, gloves and slippers. The skin temperature of the participants was measured with a thermal camera just before exposure, just after exposure and at 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 min after exposure. Mean skin temperature significantly dropped by 11 °C just after exposure (p<0.001) and then significantly increased during the 20-min post exposure period (p<0.001). No critically low skin temperature was observed at the end of the cold exposure. This decrease was greater than the mean decreases in all the cryosauna devices with reported exposures between ?140 °C and ?160 °C and those in two other WBC devices with reported exposures between ?60 °C and ?110 °C. The use of this new technology provides the ability to reach decreases in skin temperature similar to other technologies. The new chamber is suitable and relevant for use as a WBC device. |
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| Keywords: | Cryotherapy Cryostimulation Thermal imaging Skin temperature Wind chill equivalent temperature |
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