Variation of skin temperature before, during and after contrast bath therapy
Variation of skin temperature before, during and after contrast bath therapy in healthy volunteers.
castelo branco
20 participants
Aug 1, 2008
Interventional
Conditions
Summary
primary purpose: to measure how the skin temperature can be changed with contrast bath on healthy volunteers. hiphotesis: Are there some diference on final skin temperature when we started the therapy of contrast bath with hot or cold water ?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- healthy volunteers, college students, both gender, age (18 to 30 year), and body mass index betwen (20 to 25).
Exclusion Criteria1
- loss sensibility, heart failure, pheripheral neurophaty, obesity, systemic or metabolic disease, skin disease, recent feet trauma.
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Interventions
Materials and methods: 20 volunteers were used randomly separated into two groups of 10 to be submitted to two protocols, A (starting therapy with immersion in water heated and ending in cold water) and B (starting therapy with immersion in water Cold and ending with heated water). Group A: 4 minutes immersion in hot water bath (40 degrees celsius), immediately followed by 1 minute immersion in cold water bath (15 degrees celsius); Group B: 1 minute immersion in cold water bath (15 degrees celsius), immediately followed by 4 minutes immersion in hot water bath (40 degrees celsius). We used an infrared thermometer to check the temperature of the skin before, during and after the bath of contrast.
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ACTRN12609000299202