Application of an ice pack to healthy canine skin decreases skin perfusion.

IF 1.3 3区农林科学 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES

American journal of veterinary research Pub Date : 2025-04-23 Print Date: 2025-07-01 DOI:10.2460/ajvr.25.01.0023

Gabriela Hansen, James Bilof, Meghan Watt, Nicholas Jeffery, Vanna Dickerson

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the impact on skin perfusion of ice pack application on healthy skin.

Methods: A region of skin on the ventral midline was clipped from 10 healthy dogs. Skin perfusion was assessed with laser speckle contrast imaging at baseline, immediately after 15 minutes of icing, and 15 minutes after removal of the ice pack. Mean speckle contrast was calculated from the laser speckle contrast imaging images at all time points. Mean speckle contrast is a unitless measurement that is inversely proportional to skin perfusion. Local skin temperature was also assessed.

Results: Skin temperature decreased from 92.2 ± 0.6 °F at baseline to 69.1 ± 1.1 °F immediately after icing and had increased to 87.5 ± 0.5 °F at 15 minutes after icing. Skin perfusion decreased (mean speckle contrast increased) by a mean of 10.0 ± 5.7% from baseline to immediately after icing and by a mean of 14.8 ± 7.5% from baseline to 15 minutes after icing.

Conclusions: Application of ice to the skin for 15 minutes decreases skin perfusion for at least 15 minutes after ice pack removal.

Clinical relevance: Veterinarians should consider that a decrease in skin perfusion is associated with the application of an ice pack when deciding whether to implement this therapy; however, additional research is warranted to determine whether there is an impact on healing.

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在健康犬的皮肤上使用冰袋可以减少皮肤的灌注。

目的：探讨冰袋敷在健康皮肤上对皮肤灌注的影响。方法：选取健康犬10只，取腹中线部分皮肤。在基线、冰敷15分钟后立即和去除冰袋15分钟后，用激光散斑对比成像评估皮肤灌注。从各时间点的激光散斑对比度成像图像计算平均散斑对比度。平均散斑对比度是一种与皮肤灌注成反比的无单位测量。同时评估局部皮肤温度。结果：皮肤温度从基线时的92.2±0.6°F下降到结冰后立即的69.1±1.1°F，并在结冰后15分钟上升到87.5±0.5°F。皮肤灌注减少（平均斑点对比度增加），从基线到糖衣后立即平均减少10.0±5.7%，从基线到糖衣后15分钟平均减少14.8±7.5%。结论：在皮肤上冰敷15分钟可减少皮肤灌注，至少在冰袋去除后15分钟。临床相关性：兽医在决定是否实施这种治疗时应考虑到皮肤灌注减少与冰敷的应用有关；然而，需要进一步的研究来确定是否对愈合有影响。

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American journal of veterinary research 农林科学-兽医学

CiteScore

1.70

自引率

10.00%

发文量

186

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The American Journal of Veterinary Research supports the collaborative exchange of information between researchers and clinicians by publishing novel research findings that bridge the gulf between basic research and clinical practice or that help to translate laboratory research and preclinical studies to the development of clinical trials and clinical practice. The journal welcomes submission of high-quality original studies and review articles in a wide range of scientific fields, including anatomy, anesthesiology, animal welfare, behavior, epidemiology, genetics, heredity, infectious disease, molecular biology, oncology, pharmacology, pathogenic mechanisms, physiology, surgery, theriogenology, toxicology, and vaccinology. Species of interest include production animals, companion animals, equids, exotic animals, birds, reptiles, and wild and marine animals. Reports of laboratory animal studies and studies involving the use of animals as experimental models of human diseases are considered only when the study results are of demonstrable benefit to the species used in the research or to another species of veterinary interest. Other fields of interest or animals species are not necessarily excluded from consideration, but such reports must focus on novel research findings. Submitted papers must make an original and substantial contribution to the veterinary medicine knowledge base; preliminary studies are not appropriate.