Study on balneotherapy for chronic venous insufficiency
Romain J. Forestier et al.
September 2014
Healing & thermal therapy
Heart / Circulatory system
Kneipp therapy
The French-Turkish study investigated whether balneotherapy can support the conventional treatment of chronic venous insufficiency.
The 192 test subjects with chronic venous insufficiency CEAP 3 or 4 were randomly divided into a balneotherapy group and a waiting list group for this study. In addition to the standard treatment, the first group received a ten-minute Kneipp therapy, ten minutes of walking in a mineral water pool with underwater bubbles at 23 degrees, a bath in mineral water at 34 degrees and a massage. The control group only received conventional therapy.
The results showed that 66% of patients in the balneotherapy group and 28% in the control group improved with a 20% change in the Chronic Venous Insufficiency Questionnaire. There were no side effects.
The significant differences in the two groups suggest that complementary balneotherapy improves the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency.
The most important information on the study at a glance
- Indications
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Institution
- Center de recherche rhumatologique et thermal, Aix-les-Bains, France
- Title
- Study on balneotherapy for chronic venous insufficiency
- Brief description
- The study shows that complementary balneotherapy significantly improves the symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency.
- Original title
- Balneohydrotherapy in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency
- Link to the study
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25147013/
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