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Open AccessCorrection: Evaluating safety risks of whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC): a sco** review from an international consortium
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Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disease in young adults, with a variable, unpredictable clinical course and severity of symptoms. This complex autoimmune disease is characterized mainly...
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Risks
Despite a huge number of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) sessions performed worldwide, adverse events appear to be rare in relation to the extent to which WBC has grown worldwide. Part of the reason for this is, ...
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Open AccessEvaluating safety risks of whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC): a sco** review from an international consortium
Over the two last decades, whole-body cryotherapy/cryostimulation (WBC) has emerged as an exciting non-pharmacological treatment influencing inflammatory events at a cellular and physiological level, which can...
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Open AccessVariation of genes encoding nitric oxide synthases and antioxidant enzymes as potential risks of multiple sclerosis development: a preliminary study
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a variable clinical course and diverse pathophysiology, including nitrative and oxidative stresses as well as inflammation. We aimed to d...
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Open AccessBurnout and Quality of Life Among Massage Therapists with Visual Impairment
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of burnout syndrome and quality of life (QoL) among Polish massage therapists, and determine their relationship with sociodemographic and work-related varia...
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Evaluation of Selected MicroRNAs Expression in Remission Phase of Multiple Sclerosis and Their Potential Link to Cognition, Depression, and Disability
Accumulating data suggests that miRNAs might play a major role in neuroinflammatory processes. Therefore, our study aimed to first estimate the levels of miR-155, miR-326, and miR-301a in serum of RR-MS patien...
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Open AccessFlow cytometric analysis reveals the high levels of platelet activation parameters in circulation of multiple sclerosis patients
The epidemiological studies confirm an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in multiple sclerosis, especially prothrombotic events directly associated with abnormal platelet activity. The aim of our study ...
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The multipotent action of electromagnetic field
The use of electromagnetic field in the treatment of diseases has already been known for centuries. Low hazard, wide applicability, good clinical effect and the relatively low cost enable the electromagnetic f...
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Open AccessThe increased level of COX-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism in blood platelets from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis patients
Platelet activation is increasingly postulated as a possible component of the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), especially due to the increased risk of cardiovascular events in MS. Arachidonic acid casc...
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Open AccessEffect of short-term cryostimulation on antioxidative status and its clinical applications in humans
Whole body cryostimulation (WBCT) is becoming popular in medicine and sport as an adjuvant form of treatment since late 1970s. Only a few works concerning antioxidant protection after WBCT have been published....
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Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, complex neurological disease with a variable clinical course in which several pathophysiological mechanisms such as axonal/ neuronal damage, demyelination, inflammation, g...
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Open AccessThe Level of Isoprostanes as a Non-invasive Marker for in vivo Lipid Peroxidation in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Oxidative stress leads to lipid peroxidation and may contribute to the pathogenesis of lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory as well as degenerative phenomena....
