None listed
Conditions
Brief 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 ?
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 celsi
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.
Sponsors
castelo branco
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
healthy volunteers, college students, both gender, age (18 to 30 year), and body mass index betwen (20 to 25).
Exclusion criteria
loss sensibility, heart failure, pheripheral neurophaty, obesity, systemic or metabolic disease, skin disease, recent feet trauma.
Outcome results
None listed