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Legrand FD, Dugué B, Costello J, Bleakley C, Miller E, Broatch JR, Polidori G, Lubkowska A, Louis J, Lombardi G, Bieuzen F, Capodaglio P. Evaluating safety risks of whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC): a scoping review from an international consortium. Eur J Med Res 2023; 28:387. [PMID: 37770960 PMCID: PMC10537204 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-01385-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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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 following WBC treatment. However, part of the data used to support these claims involved individuals whose entire body (except head) was exposed to extreme cold vaporized liquid nitrogen while standing in a narrow bathtub. Such a procedure is known as partial-body cryotherapy (PBC), and is often erroneously mistaken to be whole-body cryotherapy. Although having similarities in terms of naming and pursued aims, these two approaches are fundamentally different. The present article reviews the available literature on the main safety concerns associated with the use of true whole-body cryotherapy. English- and French-language reports of empirical studies including case reports, case series, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified through searches of PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, and Web of Science electronic databases. Five case reports and two RCTs were included for a total of 16 documented adverse events (AEs). A critical in-depth evaluation of these AEs (type, severity, context of onset, participant's medical background, follow-up) is proposed and used to illustrate that WBC-related safety risks are within acceptable limits and can be proactively prevented by adhering to existing recommendations, contraindications, and commonsense guidelines.
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- Fabien D Legrand
- Laboratoire C2S, EA 6291, Université de Reims Champagne Ardennes, 51100, Reims, France.
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- Laboratoire Mobilité Vieillissement, Exercice (MOVE), UR 20296, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Université de Poitiers, 86000, Poitiers, France
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- Extreme Environments Laboratory, School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England, UK
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- Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, York St, Belfast, BT15 1ED, UK
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- Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Milionowa 14, Lodz, Poland
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- Institute for Health and Sport (IHES), Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Functional Diagnostics and Physical Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Żołnierska 54, 71-210, Szczecin, Poland
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Laboratory of Experimental Biochemistry, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Service des Sciences du Sport, Institut National du Sport du Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Laboratorio di Ricerca in Biomeccanica, Riabilitazione ed Ergonomia, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Sachdev PS, Lo JW, Crawford JD, Mellon L, Hickey A, Williams D, Bordet R, Mendyk AM, Gelé P, Deplanque D, Bae HJ, Lim JS, Brodtmann A, Werden E, Cumming T, Köhler S, Verhey FRJ, Dong YH, Tan HH, Chen C, Xin X, Kalaria RN, Allan LM, Akinyemi RO, Ogunniyi A, Klimkowicz-Mrowiec A, Dichgans M, Wollenweber FA, Zietemann V, Hoffmann M, Desmond DW, Linden T, Blomstrand C, Fagerberg B, Skoog I, Godefroy O, Barbay M, Roussel M, Lee BC, Yu KH, Wardlaw J, Makin SJ, Doubal FN, Chappell FM, Srikanth VK, Thrift AG, Donnan GA, Kandiah N, Chander RJ, Lin X, Cordonnier C, Moulin S, Rossi C, Sabayan B, Stott DJ, Jukema JW, Melkas S, Jokinen H, Erkinjuntti T, Mok VCT, Wong A, Lam BYK, Leys D, Hénon H, Bombois S, Lipnicki DM, Kochan NA. STROKOG (stroke and cognition consortium): An international consortium to examine the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocognitive disorders in relation to cerebrovascular disease. Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 2016; 7:11-23. [PMID: 28138511 PMCID: PMC5257024 DOI: 10.1016/j.dadm.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The Stroke and Cognition consortium (STROKOG) aims to facilitate a better understanding of the determinants of vascular contributions to cognitive disorders and help improve the diagnosis and treatment of vascular cognitive disorders (VCD). METHODS Longitudinal studies with ≥75 participants who had suffered or were at risk of stroke or TIA and which evaluated cognitive function were invited to join STROKOG. The consortium will facilitate projects investigating rates and patterns of cognitive decline, risk factors for VCD, and biomarkers of vascular dementia. RESULTS Currently, STROKOG includes 25 (21 published) studies, with 12,092 participants from five continents. The duration of follow-up ranges from 3 months to 21 years. DISCUSSION Although data harmonization will be a key challenge, STROKOG is in a unique position to reuse and combine international cohort data and fully explore patient level characteristics and outcomes. STROKOG could potentially transform our understanding of VCD and have a worldwide impact on promoting better vascular cognitive outcomes.
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- Perminder S Sachdev
- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Stroke and Geriatric Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, CIC 1403 - Centre d'investigation clinique, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, CIC 1403 - Centre d'investigation clinique, Lille, France
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; Clinical Neuroscience Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Memory Ageing and Cognition Center, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Medicine (Neurology Division), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Memory Ageing and Cognition Center, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Medicine (Neurology Division), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Memory Ageing and Cognition Center, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Memory Ageing and Cognition Center, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Neurovascular Research Group, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Neurovascular Research Group, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Cognitive Neurology and Stroke Programs, University of Central Florida, Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Centre of Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Centre of Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Center for Health and Ageing AGECAP, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Functional Neurosciences, University Hospital of Amiens, France
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Functional Neurosciences, University Hospital of Amiens, France
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Functional Neurosciences, University Hospital of Amiens, France
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- Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Peninsula Clinical School, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea; Peninsula Clinical School, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Academic Section of Geriatrics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Neurosciences, Neurology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Clinical Neurosciences, Neurology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Clinical Neurosciences, Neurology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1171 - Degenerative & Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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