Whole-body cryostimulation as an effective method of reducing low-grade inflammation in obese men

J Physiol Sci. 2013 Sep;63(5):333-43. doi: 10.1007/s12576-013-0269-4. Epub 2013 Jun 7.

Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate anti-inflammatory effect of the whole body cryostimulation in obese men. Fourteen subjects (BMI >30 kg m(-2)), divided into two subgroups according to cardiorespiratory fitness: higher (HCF) or lower (LCF), have been exposed to 10 sessions in a cryogenic chamber (-110 °C). Blood samples were collected before, 30 min and 24 h after the first, fifth and last cryostimulation. Coldness exposures affected blood cytokine profile; however, the response depended on subjects' fitness capacity. Concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the LCF decreased by 19, 6.8, and 7.4 % in IL-6, resistin, and visfatin, respectively. TNFα in the LCF dropped 4.3-fold compared to baseline, while in the HCF, changes were smaller, yet significant. Anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 increased in both groups. No changes in adiponectin and leptin were observed in either group. Obtained results suggest that whole body cryostimulation can be a supplementary method for obese in reducing systemic inflammation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adiponectin / blood
  • Adult
  • Cold Temperature
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / blood*
  • Inflammation / physiopathology*
  • Interleukin-10 / blood
  • Interleukin-6 / blood
  • Leptin / blood
  • Male
  • Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase / blood
  • Obesity / blood*
  • Obesity / physiopathology*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / blood

Substances

  • Adiponectin
  • Interleukin-6
  • Leptin
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Interleukin-10
  • Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase