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Hand grip strength following cryotherpay on the forearm for tennis players
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Abstract
Background: Cryotherapy was commonly used to minimize the deleterious effects produced by the inflammatory process and aid in recovery with reductions in pain, swelling and muscle spasm. Purpose of the study: was to investigate and compare between the effects of ice bag application for 3 and 10 minutes on hand grip strength for tennis players. Design of the study: Pre-test post-test research design. Subjects and methods: Sixty Tennis players from both sexes, their age ranged from 15 to 30 years old and they were classified randomly into three groups, group I: twenty players received cryotherapy in form of ice bag application to the forearm for 3 minutes, group II: twenty players received cryotherapy in form of ice bag application to the forearm for 10 minutes and group III: A control group of twenty players used sand bags instead of ice packs for 10 minutes. A Hand Grip dynamometer was used to measure grip strength before and after the ice application. Results: There was no statistical significant difference between (group I and group II) while there was clinical difference in favor to group II than group I. While, there was significant difference between (group I versus III) and (group II versus III) with (P=0.041* and P=0.0001*) respectively and this significant increase in favor of group (I) and group (II) in compared to group (III)