{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,5]],"date-time":"2025-11-05T11:09:20Z","timestamp":1762340960158},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Human Kinetics","issue":"6","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,11]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec sec-type=\"context\"><jats:title>Context:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cryotherapy, a common intervention used by clinicians, poses several benefits in managing acute injuries. However, cooling muscle tissue can interfere with muscular properties and the sensory-motor system.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"objective\"><jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of cryotherapy with a crushed-ice pack on shoulder proprioception concerning joint position sense, force sense, the threshold for detecting passive movement, and maximal force production.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"design\"><jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title><jats:p>A randomized, double-blind controlled trial.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"participants\"><jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title><jats:p>48 healthy women aged 22.6 \u00b1 0.4 y with a mean body mass index of 22.8 \u00b10.37 kg\/m2 and a percentage of body fat of 15.4 \u00b1 1.5%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the experimental group, a crushed-ice pack was applied to the shoulder for 15 min, whereas participants in the control group applied a sandbag at skin temperature, also for 15 min. An isokinetic dynamometer was used to assess maximal voluntary contraction, force sense, joint position sense, and the threshold for detecting passive movement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Paired sample <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic> tests revealed that maximal voluntary isometric contraction decreased significantly after cryotherapy (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> \u2264 .001), or approximately 10% of the reduction found in both muscular groups assessed. Shoulder position sense (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) and the threshold for detecting passive movement (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .01 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .01 for lateral and medial shoulder rotator muscles, respectively) also suffered significant impairment. Nevertheless, no significant differences emerged in force sense at 20% and 50% of maximal force reproduction (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .41 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .10 for lateral rotator muscles at 20% and 50%, respectively; and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .20 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .09 for medial rotator muscles at 20% and 50%, respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Applying a crushed-ice pack to the shoulder for 15 min negatively affected muscle strength and impaired shoulder proprioception by decreasing joint position sense and the threshold for detecting passive movement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1123\/jsr.2015-0215","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,11]],"date-time":"2016-11-11T15:05:24Z","timestamp":1478876724000},"page":"497-506","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["The Acute Effect of Cryotherapy on Muscle Strength and Shoulder Proprioception"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Rui","family":"Torres","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Filipa","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Vera","family":"Pedrosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alexandre","family":"Lopes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"100","container-title":["Journal of Sport Rehabilitation"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jsr\/26\/6\/article-p497.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/downloadpdf\/journals\/jsr\/26\/6\/article-p497.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]],"date-time":"2022-05-19T23:02:11Z","timestamp":1653001331000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jsr\/26\/6\/article-p497.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,11]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1123\/jsr.2015-0215","relation":{},"ISSN":["1056-6716","1543-3072"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1056-6716","type":"print"},{"value":"1543-3072","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,11]]}}}