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

Table 3

Biochemical parameters in 2 groups of patients before and after the therapy.

		Group I; WBC group			Group II; TR group		Between groups
	Before	After		Before	After
ESR (mm/h)	25.52 ± 14.66; (25; 13–40)	20.96 ± 11.73; (20; 12–30)		27.05 ± 13.66; (27; 17–35)	24.47 ± 12.87; (22; 17–30)	0.1416	0.3061
IL-6 (pg/mL)	17.96 ± 6.49; (18.59; 14.08–23.41)	11.75 ± 7.56; (13.60; 2.97–16.58)		20.87 ± 5.43; (23.41; 15.95–24.92)	10.21 ± 7.92; (11.52; 2.73–13.04)		0.1417
TNF-α (pg/mL)	11.77 ± 9.61; (11.29; 3.04–18.04)	4.46 ± 3.82; (3.84; 1.82–5.52)		17.8 ± 19.54; (7.76; 3.84–24.45)	7.22 ± 14.74; (2.1; 1.33–4.19)		0.8538

All data are expressed as mean (SD) (median; interquartile range). WBC: whole-body cryotherapy; TR: traditional rehabilitation; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation ratio. ,.