Study on Dead Sea bath salts for knee osteoarthritis
S. Sukenik et al.
August 1995
Rheumatism / Joints / Arthritis / Arthrosis
Thalasso treatment
26 patients with knee osteoarthritis were randomly divided into 2 groups of 13 patients each, with a similar distribution of age, gender, duration and severity of the disease. All were treated daily with baths at 34-35 °C for 20 minutes containing either Dead Sea bath salts (Group I) or sodium chloride (Group II). The study conducted by S. Sukenik et al. was double-blind and lasted 2 weeks.
Patients were evaluated by a rheumatologist before, at the end of treatment and 1 month later. The clinical parameters evaluated included the severity of osteoarthritis, the patient's assessment of disease severity, knee range of motion, soft tissue swelling, effusion and crunching.
At the end of treatment , there was a significant improvement in the severity of osteoarthritis in both groups. 1 month later, the improvement in group I remained significant. The patients' assessment of the improvement at the end of the treatment period was only significant in group I. There was no statistical improvement in the other parameters assessed in either group.
The bath with Dead Sea bath salts showed a significant improvement in the symptoms of patients with knee osteoarthritis, particularly in the patients' assessment and in the severity of the disease.
The most important information on the study at a glance
- Indications
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Institution
- Dept. of Medicine, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba, Israel
- Title
- Study on Dead Sea bath salts for knee osteoarthritis
- Brief description
- The study shows that baths with Dead Sea bath salts sustainably improve the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.
- Original title
- Dead Sea bath salts for osteoarthritis of the knee
- Link to the study
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8543232/
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