Mine Karagülle et al.
January 2016
Healing & thermal therapy
Rheumatism / Joints / Arthritis / Arthrosis
This study aims to evaluate the short-term effects of spa treatments in patients aged 65 years and older with osteoarthritis.
As part of a retrospective observational study at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, the records of 239 elderly patients who underwent spa treatment between 2002 and 2012 were analyzed. The patients received a two-week therapy in a thermal spa hotel and were examined before and after the treatment.
Significant improvements were observed in pain, global assessments, disability indices and functional indices for different types of osteoarthritis. Response rates based on the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology-Osteoarthritis Research Society International criteria were high, particularly in generalized osteoarthritis and multi-joint osteoarthritis involving the knee.
The results suggest that the spa treatment can effectively improve pain and physical function in older osteoarthritis patients.
Diabetes
Healing & thermal therapy
Heart / Circulatory system
Yongbin Qiu et al.
May 2014
The study shows that spa therapy relieves pain, numbness and cold sensations in mild arterial occlusive disease.
Back treatment
Healing & thermal therapy
M Hernandez-Reif et al.
January 2001
The study shows: Massage therapy reduces pain and stress hormones in chronic back pain and improves mobility.
Healing & thermal therapy
Rheumatism / Joints / Arthritis / Arthrosis
L. P. Mel'nichuk, L. S. Khodasevich
December 2015
The study shows that fluoride-containing mineral water baths significantly improve clinical and biochemical parameters in osteoarthritis.