The influence of circulating cold water cryotherapy with or without intermittent pneumatic compression on shoulder joint position sense (JPS) in recreationally active adults: A randomized crossover trial.

Objectives: Cryotherapy is a widely used intervention in sports settings to facilitate the return of injured athletes to competition, despite a lack of high-quality evidence. Given the possibility cryotherapy may increase the risk of injury, by reducing nerve conduction velocity, muscle force production, and proprioceptive afferent information, further research is needed to evaluate its effects on proprioception, particularly in the shoulder joint, which has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body, where there is a dearth of studies.

Methods: We conducted a pre-registered, 1:1 block randomized, baseline controlled, double blind (outcome assessor and statistician), crossover trial of cryotherapy without compression and cryotherapy with compression.

Effect of textured insoles on balance and gait in people with multiple sclerosis: an exploratory trial.

Objectives: To investigate the immediate effects of textured insoles on balance and gait in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), and to explore any effects after 2 weeks of wear.

Study Design: Within-session repeated-measures design with an exploratory follow-up period.

Setting: Hospital gait laboratory.