Effects of Whole-Body Cryotherapy in Comparison with Other Physical Modalities Used with Kinesitherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the two groups before and after the therapy.

		Group I; WBC group			Group II; TR group		Between groups
	Before	After		Before	After
Severity of pain; (100 mm VAS)	51.64 ± 17.82; (53; 37–62)	40.80 ± 17.93; (37; 25–53)		64.05 ± 18.36; (67; 49–80)	52.95 ± 16.36; (51; 40–62)		0.7581
Duration of morning stiffness (min)	44.92 ± 47.35; (30; 3–60)	37.52 ± 47.41; (30; 3–30)		81.32 ± 71.12; (60; 30–120)	58.68 ± 51.18; (40; 30–90)	0.0511	0.7312
HAQ-DI	1.82 ± 1.18; (1.88; 0.75–2.75)	1.64 ± 1.19; (1.63; 0.63–2.63)		2.72 ± 1.48; (2.25; 1.5–3.75)	2.12 ± 1.30; (2; 1.38–2.75)
50-m test, walk time (s)	47.20 ± 11.39; (45; 40–55)	41.36 ± 8.67; (40; 35–45)		56.11 ± 11.85; (50; 50–65)	51.79 ± 9.63; (50; 45–60)		0.4205
50 m test, number of steps	80.32 ± 15.14; (76; 70–84)	76.20 ± 13.84; (73; 66–82)		90.79 ± 9.62; (90; 84–99)	88.05 ± 10.08; (84; 82–96)		0.6356
Severity of fatigue; (100 mm VAS)	53.40 ± 18.95; (50; 45–62)	44.20 ± 21.76; (44; 25–60)		63.11 ± 15.83; (62; 53–74)	48.47 ± 18.85; (42; 33–63)		0.3871

All data are expressed as mean ± SD (median; inter quartile range). WBC: whole-body cryotherapy; TR: traditional rehabilitation; HAQ-DI: Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index. , .