Cryotherapy reduces muscle hypertonia, but does not affect lower limb strength or gait kinematics post-stroke: a randomized controlled crossover study.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study suggest that cryotherapy applied to the calf muscles of subjects with chronic hemiparesis reduces muscle hypertonia but does not improve dorsiflexors and plantarflexors performance and gait parameters.
PMID: 31012824 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Alcantara CC, Blanco J, De Oliveira LM, Ribeiro PFS, Herrera E, Nakagawa TH, Reisman DS, Michaelsen SM, Garcia LC, Russo TL Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research