Cubed-ice vs Wetted-ice as a Cryotherapeutic Agent in the Malaysian Climate

The effects of cubed-ice and wetted-ice on cutaneous temperature were studied. Skin temperature was taken at every two-minute intervals, for a period of 20 minutes. 20 female varsity students with mean age of 21.7 ± 0.6 years, mean height of 161.6 ± 5.47 cm, and mean body mass of 54.1 ± 8.8 kg participated in this study. Paired sample t-test showed that cubed-ice was a better cryotherapeutic agent than wetted-ice. The result contradicts the findings of past studies suggesting that ambient temperature and relative humidity could have an effect on the efficacy of the cryotherapeutic agents.  Keywords: Malaysia climate; cutaneous temperature;cube ice; wetted-ice eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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  2018

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  2018-05-20

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  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.21834/AJBES.V3I11.100
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