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The short-term efficacy of mud therapy for knee osteoarthritis: A meta-analysis. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore), 2020
The objective of this review is to systematically evaluate the short-term efficacy of mud therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Randomized controlled trials, in which treatment of KOA is mud therapy, were included by systematically ...
Hou C, Liang L, Chu X, Qin W, Li Y, Zhao Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mud Therapy Combined with Core Exercise for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Pilot, Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2020
Background Low back pain (LBP) is common in the elderly and an appropriate intervention for LBP management should be investigated. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of mud-heat intervention combined with core exercise as an ...
Hahm SC, Shin HJ, Lee MG, Lee SJ, Cho HY.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Balneotherapy (Mud-Bath Therapy) with a Peloid Enriched with Rosmarinic Acid Enhances Clinical Outcomes and Innate Immune Benefits in Elderly Patients with Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study

Applied Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic condition that causes pain and disability, particularly in the elderly, resulting in significant limitations on mobility and overall quality of life.
Eduardo Ortega-Collazos, María Dolores Hinchado, Eduardo Otero, Casimiro Fermín López-Jurado, Isabel Gálvez, José Luis Legido, Juan Francisco Sánchez Muñoz-Torrero, Eduardo Ortega, Silvia Torres-Piles   +8 more
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Mud therapy and rehabilitation - scientific relevance in the last six years (2015 – 2020) Systematic literature review and meta-analysis based on the PRISMA paradigm [PDF]

Balneo and PRM Research Journal, 2021
Background. Balneotherapy is a stimulation - adaptation treatment method applied in the forms of bathing, drinking, and inhalation cures performed with natural therapeutic factors, a method which is acting in three main ways: thermally, mechanically, and
MUNTEANU CONSTANTIN, ROTARIU Mariana, DOGARU Gabriela, IONESCU Elena Valentina, CIOBANU Vlad, ONOSE Gelu   +5 more
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Hyperspectral imaging reveals that sapropelic mud therapy may improve local tissue oxygenation in elderly. [PDF]

Int J Biometeorol
Sapropelic muds have been used for centuries to treat various illnesses, but their effects and mechanisms are still under research. In this study the effects of Techirghiol sapropelic mud on tissue oxygenation in elderly patients diagnosed with ...
Calin MA, Manea D, Parasca SV, Popescu C, Ionescu EV, Munteanu C.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Efficacy of mud plus bath therapy as compared to bath therapy in osteoarthritis of hands and knees: a pilot single-blinded randomized controlled trial

Reumatismo, 2021
The primary objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of mud plus bath therapy in comparison to bath therapy alone in hand and knee osteoarthritis (HOA and KOA). We conducted a single-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT).
C. Benini, G. Rubino, G. Paolazzi, G. Adami, C. Caimmi, O. Viapiana, D. Gatti, M. Rossini   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The effect of mud therapy on pain relief in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of International Medical Research, 2013
Objectives A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the effect of mud therapy on pain relief in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods A detailed search of PubMed®/MEDLINE® was undertaken to identify randomized controlled trials and prospective ...
Hua Liu
exaly   +2 more sources

Efficacy of Spa Therapy, Mud-Pack Therapy, Balneotherapy, and Mud-Bath Therapy in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis. A Systematic Review [PDF]

BioMed Research International, 2018
Background. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common musculoskeletal disease in the world. OA is the result of an inflammatory and degenerative process affecting the entire joint. Osteoarthritis, especially involving the knee, has a relevant socioeconomic impact in terms of drugs, hospital admissions, work absences, and temporary or permanent invalidity.
Antonio Fraioli, Gioacchino Mennuni, Mario Fontana, Silvia Nocchi, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Carlo Perricone, Angelo Serio   +6 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Neuroimmunomodulation induced by mud-bath therapy: clinical benefits and bioregulation of the innate/inflammatory responses induced by a peloid enriched with rosmarinic acid in elderly patients with osteoarthritis. [PDF]

Int J Biometeorol
Balneotherapy using peloids (mud-bath therapy) is one of the most effective non-pharmacological approaches for managing osteoarticular and musculoskeletal disorders, such as osteoarthritis (OA).
Ortega-Collazos E, Otero E, López-Jurado C, Navarro C, Martín-Cordero L, Gálvez I, Torres-Piles S, Ortega E, Hinchado MD.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Local mud therapy with vaginal mud tampons

Kazan medical journal, 1926
The enormous importance of mud therapy in gynecological therapy is known. Dr. Volosovich (Tr. Baln. Inst, na Kavk. Min. Waters, 1925, vol. II) recommends, instead of the previously used pelvic mud baths, the use of mud tampons according to the method of prof. AI Lebedev, slightly modified by the author (introduction of dirt using cylindrical mirrors).
G. Klyachkin
openaire   +2 more sources