Study on the effectiveness of mud baths for osteoarthritis pain
A. Fraioli et al.
January 2009
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The study looked at the effectiveness of mud bath therapy with mineral water from the Italian Chianciano mineral spring in people with osteoarthritis of the knee.
It involved 61 patients who were divided into two groups: the first group received mud bath therapy three times over the course of a year; the control group did not. The patients' pain perception and clinical conditions were examined and compared with each other.
Patients in the mud bath therapy group experienced significant pain relief compared to the control group. The study results show that mud bath therapy with Italian spring water significantly reduced clinical conditions and symptoms .
The most important information on the study at a glance
- Indications
- Osteoarthritis, pain
- Institution
- UOC Medicina Interna E, Terapia Medica e Medicina Termale, Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Termale, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
- Title
- Study on the effectiveness of mud baths for osteoarthritis pain
- Brief description
- The study shows that mud bath therapy with Chianciano spring water relieves knee osteoarthritis pain.
- Original title
- Efficacy of mud-bath therapy with Mineral Water from the Sillene spring at Italy's Chianciano Spa for osteoarthritis of the knee: a clinical statistical study
- Link to the study
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20198279/