Study on the promotion of health through balneotherapy

Lolita Rapolienė et al.

May 2015

Anti-stress

Fango treatment

Healing & thermal therapy

Peat & healing mud

Thalasso treatment

Lithuanian researchers Rapolienė, Razbadauskas and Jurgelėnas conducted a randomized clinical trial on the effects of thermal water .

The sample of 130 seafarers was divided into a balneotherapy group and a control group. The former received a two-week treatment with 108g/l of concentrated mineral water.

After two weeks, a positive effect on the well-being of the test subjects was observed, stress symptoms occurred 60% less, while their intensity was reduced by 41% and their control improved by 32% . The health risks caused by stress and the general health risk decreased, while the available resources increased.

In summary, it can be concluded that balneotherapy with mineral-containing thermal water alleviates stress and improves health. This makes the treatment particularly suitable as a preventative treatment.

The most important information on the study at a glance

Indications: Stress, general health risks
Institution: Seamen's Health Care Center, Taikos 46, LT-91213 Klaipėda, Lithuania
Title: Study on the promotion of health through balneotherapy
Brief description: The study shows that balneotherapy significantly reduces stress and improves general well-being and health.
Original title: The Reduction of Distress Using Therapeutic Geothermal Water Procedures in a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Link to the study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383502/