At the Terme di Santa Cesarea (Italy) two samples of patients with gonarthrosis (N = 32 each) were treated for 12 consecutive days respectively with thermal mud and water therapy or magnetotherapy. Efficacy of treatment was assessed utilizing the VAS, the Lequesne index and the self-administered AIMS2 questionnaire. Both treatments showed beneficial effects on measured parameters (P<0.05), but follow-up to 90 days demonstrated a superior comparative long-term efficacy of crenotherapy (P<0.05).
Clinical comparative study of thermal mud and water therapy versus magnetotherapy in patients with gonarthrosis / C. Circhetta, G. Nappi, A. Pispico, S. De Luca. - In: MEDICINA CLINICA E TERMALE. - ISSN 1123-9395. - 19:61(2006 Apr 01), pp. 64-72.
Clinical comparative study of thermal mud and water therapy versus magnetotherapy in patients with gonarthrosis
G. NappiSecondo
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2006
Abstract
At the Terme di Santa Cesarea (Italy) two samples of patients with gonarthrosis (N = 32 each) were treated for 12 consecutive days respectively with thermal mud and water therapy or magnetotherapy. Efficacy of treatment was assessed utilizing the VAS, the Lequesne index and the self-administered AIMS2 questionnaire. Both treatments showed beneficial effects on measured parameters (P<0.05), but follow-up to 90 days demonstrated a superior comparative long-term efficacy of crenotherapy (P<0.05).
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