Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1117031 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The effects of cubed-ice and wetted-ice on cutaneous temperature were studied. Skin temperature was taken at every two-minute intervals, for a period of 20 minutes. 20 female varsity students with mean age of 21.7 ± 0.6 years, mean height of 161.6 ± 5.47 cm, and mean body mass of 54.1 ± 8.8 kg participated in this study. Paired sample t-test showed that cubed-ice was a better cryotherapeutic agent than wetted-ice. The result contradicts the findings of past studies suggesting that ambient temperature and relative humidity could have an effect on the efficacy of the cryotherapeutic agents.
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