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The Effect of Cryotherapy on Balance Recovery at Different Moments after Lower Extremity Muscle Fatigue Cover

The Effect of Cryotherapy on Balance Recovery at Different Moments after Lower Extremity Muscle Fatigue

By: Yuqi He and  Gusztáv Fekete  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Table of demographic information of participants.

Height (cm)Weight (kg)History (years)Age (years)Leg length (cm)Foot length (mm)Foot width (mm)
175.17 ± 4.9966.96 ± 4.449.58 ± 1.2423 ± 1.6590.79 ± 1.86267.78 ± 5.04102.07 ± 5.07

[i] Note: The right leg of all participants was measured.

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Figure 1

The difference of COP area between CI and CON at each moment.

Table 2

Table of COP area of two intervention at each moment.

COP area (mm2)①CI②CONP-valueΔ (①–②)
Mean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95% CI
Post warm up380.43 ± 179.10[230.694–530.161]401.68 ± 148.06[277.897–525.455]0.912–5.788
Post fatigue741.44 ± 409.30[399.259–1083.623]635.56 ± 287.52[395.189–875.936]
post intervention660.15 ± 169.63[518.337–801.968]431.70 ± 294.44[185.542–677.863]
24 h Post intervention618.55 ± 501.74[199.086–1038.02]518.14 ± 366.19[211.998–824.286]
48 h Post intervention523.66 ± 257.03[308.779–738.546]872.63 ± 516.23[441.049–1304.21]
72 h Post intervention415.71 ± 187.73[258.771–572.658]514.96 ± 445.14[142.819–887.111]
RM ANOVAWhether the spherical hypothesis is satisfied?
Yes (P = 0.509)
F (5, 35) = 1.557The interaction was not significant
(P = 0.237)
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Figure 2

The difference of COP maximum displacement in ML between CI and CON at each moment. Note: “a” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post warm up and other moments (post fatigue, post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “*” indicates that there was a significant difference between the CI and the CON.

Table 3

The COP maximum displacement of the two intervention at each moment in ML.

Maximum displacement (%)①CI②CONP-valueΔ (①–②)
Mean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95%CI
Post warm up31.88 ± 5.38[27.374–36.376]33.75 ± 3.01[31.232–36.268]0.243–1.875
Post fatigue42.87 ± 7.15[36.898–48.849]42.90 ± 8.16[36.075–49.723]0.991–0.025
post intervention41.94 ± 6.58a[36.439–47.446]40.76 ± 4.98[36.596–44.922]0.6531.184
24 h post intervention38.78 ± 8.57[31.615–45.936]39.33 ± 8.17[32.506–46.160]0.853–0.557
48 h post intervention37.11 ± 6.84[31.396–42.825]40.01 ± 6.71[34.401–45.618]0.106–2.899
72 h post intervention36.01 ± 8.88*[28.585–43.439]39.39 ± 8.85[31.993–46.784]0.005–3.376*
RM ANOVAWhether the spherical hypothesis is satisfied?
Yes (P = 0.313)
F (5,35) = 7.485The interaction was significant
(P < 0.001)

[i] Note: “a” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post warm up and other moments (post fatigue, post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “*” indicates that there was a significant difference between the CI and the CON.

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Figure 3

The difference of COP maximum displacement in AP between CI and CON at each moment. Note: “a” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post warm up and other moments (post fatigue, post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention).

Table 4

The COP maximum displacement of the two intervention at each moment in AP.

maximum displacement (%)①CI②CONP-valueΔ (①–②)
Mean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95% CI
Post warm up16.13 ± 1.46[14.906–17.344]16.13 ± 2.64[13.916–18.334]10
Post fatigue25.25 ± 7.74[18.780–31.717]23.72 ± 5.92[18.770–28.673]0.4571.527
Post intervention21.70 ± 2.91a[19.269–24.128]21.68 ± 4.02[18.315–25.037]0.9880.022
24 h post intervention20.51 ± 4.39[16.838–24.178]20.72 ± 4.34[17.088–24.349]0.903–0.211
48 h post intervention20.10 ± 4.36[16.456–23.753]21.18 ± 7.00[15.324–27.036]0.752–1.076
72 h post intervention17.34 ± 2.32[15.395–19.280]20.06 ± 4.87[15.995–24.134]0.211–2.728
RM ANOVAWhether the spherical hypothesis is satisfied?
Yes (P = 0.053)
F (5, 35) = 4.110The interaction was significant (P = 0.005)

[i] Note: “a” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post warm up and other moments (post fatigue, post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention).

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Figure 4

The difference of COP displacement velocity in ML between CI and CON at each moment.

Table 5

The COP displacement velocity of the two intervention at each moment in ML.

displacement velocity (mm/s)①CI②CONP-valueΔ(①–②)
Mean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95% CI
Post warm up579.72 ± 65.48[524.979–634.468]593.50 ± 71.92[533.378–653.630]0.86–1.098
Post fatigue772.05 ± 127.01[665.861–878.229]772.95± 116.02[675.954–869.937]
post intervention774.56 ± 127.33[668.112–881.007]793.34 ± 125.11[688.740–897.934]
24 h Post intervention785.67 ± 218.65[602.879–968.470]773.72 ± 203.16[603.875–943.560]
48 h Post intervention791.77 ± 298.87[541.907–1041.626]791.48 ± 322.49[521.874–1061.094]
72 hPost intervention724.57 ± 117.08[626.687–822.454]709.94 ± 128.52[602.491–817.389]
RM ANOVAWhether the spherical hypothesis is satisfied?
Yes (P = 0.067)
F (5, 35) = 0.968The interaction was no significant
(P = 0.45)
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Figure 5

The difference of COP displacement velocity in AP between CI and CON at each moment.

Table 6

The COP displacement velocity of the two intervention at each moment in AP.

displacement velocity (mm/s)CI②CONP-valueΔ(①–②)
Mean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95% CI
Post warm up633.411 ± 27.647[568.037–698.784]625.903 ± 34.089[545.296–706.510]0.6181.395
Post fatigue809.653 ± 46.837[698.901–920.406]815.240 ± 43.338[712.763–917.717]
post intervention821.016 ± 45.384[713.700–928.332]814.846 ± 45.505[707.243–922.449]
24 h Post intervention825.317 ± 80.098[635.916–1014.718]844.387 ± 87.485[637.519–1051.255]
48 h Post intervention819.955 ± 94.528[596.432–1043.477]812.482 ± 91.238[596.739–1028.225]
72 h Post intervention762.436 ± 52.411[638.505–886.367]750.560 ± 48.440[636.019–865.101]
RM ANOVAWhether the spherical hypothesis is satisfied?
Yes (P = 0.704)
F (5, 35) =1.326The interaction was no significant
(P = 0.276)
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Figure 6

The difference of dynamic balance between CI and CON at each moment. Note: “a” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post warm up and other moments (post fatigue, post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “b” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post fatigue and other moments (post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “c” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post intervention and other moment (24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “d” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of 24 h post intervention and other moment (48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “e” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of 48 h post intervention and the moment of 72 h post intervention. “*” indicates that there was a significant difference between the CI and the CON.

Table 7

Table of dynamic balance of the two intervention at each moment.

Dynamic balance (%)①CI②CONP-valueΔ(①–②)
Mean ± SD95%CIMean ± SD95%CI
Post warm up98.83 ± 6.69[93.24–104.42]99.07 ± 7.38[92.90–105.24]0.643–0.239
Post fatigue93.26 ± 6.34a[87.96–98.56]92.76 ± 7.13a[86.80–98.73]0.2320.499
post intervention90.17 ± 6.87ab[84.43–95.92]92.22 ± 6.61a[86.69–97.75]0.145–2.046
24 h Post intervention93.62 ± 6.92a*[87.83–99.41]88.57 ± 6.90a[82.81–94.34]0.0045.049*
48 h Post intervention95.77 ± 6.94acd*[89.97–101.57]91.65 ± 6.55ad[86.17–97.13]0.0024.113*
72 h Post intervention97.46 ± 6.69abcde*[91.87–103.05]93.61 ± 6.84ade[87.89–99.33]0.0013.857*
RM ANOVAWhether the spherical hypothesis is satisfied? Yes
(P = 0.198)
F (5, 35) =15.004The interaction was significant
(P = 0)

[i] Note: “a” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post warm up and other moments (post fatigue, post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “b” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post fatigue and other moments (post intervention, 24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “c” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of post intervention and other moment (24 h post intervention, 48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “d” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of 24 h post intervention and other moment (48 h post intervention and 72 h post intervention). “e” indicates that there is a significant difference between the moment of 48 h post intervention and the moment of 72 h post intervention. “*” indicates that there was a significant difference between the CI and the CON.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.154 | Journal eISSN: 2515-2270
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 11, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 24, 2021
Published on: Dec 22, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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