Cold and compression in the management of musculoskeletal injuries and orthopedic operative procedures: a narrative review

Cold and compression are routinely applied immediately after acute injury or following surgery to alleviate pain, reduce swelling and...

The efficacy of cryotherapy in postoperative shoulder

We report the results of an outcome study that used visual analog scales to evaluate the efficacy of cryotherapy in....

Non-invasive electromagnetic field therapy produces rapid and substantial pain reduction in early knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind pilot study

This study examined whether a non-thermal, non-invasive, pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF), know to modulate calmodulin...

Additional Studies:
  

PBM (PhotoBioModular) Therapy Studies

NASA and Light Therapy

• Efficacy of low-level laser therapy on pain and disability in knee osteoarthritis.

Wound Management

• Blue Light kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in vitro.

Joint Pain & Inflammation

• Efficacy of low-level laser therapy on pain and disability in knee osteoarthritis.
• reatment of medial and lateral epicondylitis -- tennis and golfer's elbow -- with low level laser therapy.
• Unlawful Opioid use adds up to a $500 million a year burden.
• The use of Low-Level Laser Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain.
• Efficacy of low-level therapy in the management of neck pain.
• Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians.
• The effect of 300 mW, 830 nm laser on chronic neck pain: A double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled study.
• Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression?
• Interferential light therapy in the treatment of shoulder tendinopathies: a randomized controlled pilot.
• PhotoBioModulation therapy (PBM) on acute pain and inflammation in patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty - a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
• Low-level laser therapy for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis.
• Low-Level Laser Therapy at 635 nm for Treatment of Chronic Plantar Fasciitis: A Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study.
• Effects of Low Power Light Therapy on the Tissue Repair Process of Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Feet.

Muscle Recovery & Physical Performance

• Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Muscle Adaptation to Knee Extensor Eccentric Training.
• Low-level laser (light) therapy (LLLT) on muscle tissue; performance, fatigue and repair benefited by the power of light.

Science and Low-Level Light Therapy

• Mechanisms of Action for Infrared Light on Tissue Healing.
• Biological Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy.
• The impact of wavelengths of LED light-therapy of endothelial cells.
• Effects of low-power light therapy on wound healing.
• Improve muscle/tissue healing process: Reduce Inflammation & Reduce pain.

Improves Circulation: Increased Vasodilation

• Limb Flow after Class 4 Laser Therapy.
• Importance of Tissue Oxygen and Perfusion on Wound Healing.

Low-level light therapy vs. Ultrasound therapy

• Limb Flow after Class 4 Laster Therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Outcomes of Laser Therapy, Ultrasound Therapy, and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Treatment of Plantar Fascilitis: A randomized Controlled Trial.

PEMF (Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field) Therapy Studies

• Fukuda Study PEMF for Knee OA
• Nelson Study PEMF for Knee OA
• Pilla Study PEMF for Soft Tissue
• Zorzi, 2007, Effects of PEMF after arthroscopic surgery

ICCT (Intermittent Cold Compression Therapy) & DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Studies

• 2012 ACCP DVT Guidelines
• American Journal of Orthopedics - DVT Study
• Caprini Risk Assesemnt Tool
• Caprini's Thrombosis Risk Assessment as a Guide to Quality Patient Care
• DVT in the outpatient setting
• Efficacy and Cost Analysis of Combined Compression and Pharmacological agents to Reduce Risk of DVT 7312019
• US Surgeon General's Call to Action on DVT Prevention

VascuTherm Studies

• 2012 ACCP DVT Guidelines
• American Journal of Orthopedics - DVT Study
• Caprini Risk Assesemnt Tool
• Caprini's Thrombosis Risk Assessment as a Guide to Quality Patient Care
• DVT in the outpatient setting
• Efficacy and Cost Analysis of Combined Compression and Pharmacological agents to Reduce Risk of DVT 7312019
• Journal of Sports Medicine - review of 21 cold and compression studies
• Shoulder cryo and compression abstracts
• US Surgeon General's Call to Action on DVT Prevention

Hand & Wrist Studies

• Changes in Forearm Blood Flow During Single and Intermittent Cold Application
• ICCT Hand Wrist Surgery
• Ice and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field to Reduce Pain & Swelling After Distal Radius Fractures
• Reduction of Chronic Posttraumatic Hand Edema: A Comparison of High Voltage Pulsed Current, Intermittent Pneumatic Compression, and Placebo Treatments