Footnote: What’s New in the Literature Cold pack application has a limited but significant effect during mechanical stretching for restricted knee motion, according to a study published in the September issue (Volume 17, No 6) of Clinical Rehabilitation. Seventy-one subjects were randomized into two groups to conduct a clinical randomized before-after trial, with each subject receiving a hot pack and some receiving a cold pack as well during passive knee joint stretching. Goniometry was used to measure passive knee flexion at the baseline before and after applications of a hot pack with and without a cold pack. Measurements in the study revealed a marked increase in passive range of knee flexion in both study groups, but the range of knee flexion following the treatment with the cold pack application significantly exceeded that after treatment without a cold pack.
|
Search