Evaluating safety risks of whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC): a scoping review from an international consortium.

ABSTRACT: Over the two last decades, whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC) has emerged as an exciting non-pharmacological treatment influencing inflammatory events at a cellular and physiological level, which can result in improved sleep quality, faster neuromuscular recovery after high-intensity exercise, and chronic pain relief for patients suffering different types of diseases (fibromyalgia, rheumatism, arthritis). Some evidence even suggests that WBC has benefits on mental health (depression, anxiety disorders) and cognitive functions in both adults and older adults, due to increased circulating BDNF levels. Recently, some safety concerns have been expressed by influential public health authorities (e.g., FDA, INSERM) based on reports from patients who developed adverse events upon or fol

SUBMITTER: Legrand FD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537204 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature