Rate of Tissue Temperature Reduction Between Wetted Ice and Game Ready

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cryotherapy Effect

In brief

This study compares the tissue temperature decrease between a wetted ice bag (ice and water) with an elastic wrap to the Game Ready® treatment. The goal is to determine which one decreases the temperature the most and the fastest, which is important in immediate care treatments of a musculoskeletal injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04019392

Run by

North Dakota State University

People needed

20

Starts

2019-09-27

Expected to finish

2020-02-02

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects will be both male and female.
• Subjects will be between 18 and 40 years of age.
• Subjects will have no prior injury to the dominant lower leg within the past 6 months.
• Subjects will be able to speak English.
• Subjects will have less than 1 cm of adipose over the medial gastrocnemius muscle.

You may not qualify if…

• any current lower extremity injury, or any lower extremity injuries within the past 6 months.
• any previous history of surgery in the lower leg
• any contraindications to cryotherapy such as Raynaud's phenomenon, cold-induced urticaria, previous frostbite to the lower leg, open wounds, peripheral vascular disease, lupus, circulatory insufficiency, mayocardial ischemia, or skin infections.
• any abnormalities seen in the muscle as determined by diagnostic ultrasound.
• any allergies or sensitivities to Betadine.
• greater than 1.0cm of adipose over the medial gastrocnemius muscle (calf).

Where it is running

• North Dakota State University — Fargo, North Dakota, United States

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