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Clinical researches on the efficacy of spa therapy in fibromyalgia: a systematic review

open access: yesAnnali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2013
BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain, tenderness at muscle and tendon insertions point when digital pressure is applied, sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, depressive episodes, anxiety, and other functional somatic ...
Antonio Fraioli   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBioMed 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   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Demonstration of an app-delivered digital therapeutic program for methamphetamine use disorder

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
This study assessed the feasibility and utility of a digital, all-virtual program designed for treatment of methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). Forty-nine adults with moderate- to severe-level MUD (per DSM-5 criteria) commenced the 8-week intervention ...
Kristin Muhlner   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of rehabilitation interventions in rheumatic conditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
All industrialized nations are facing a crisis in health care financing. Rising expectations coupled with increasing specialization and technologic capacities have forced health care payers to examine their assumptions and to seek data on the outcomes of
Liang, Matthew H., Stucki, Gerold
core   +1 more source

Probabilistic Reversal Learning Deficits in Patients With Methamphetamine Use Disorder—A Longitudinal Pilot Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) is increasing worldwide and commonly associated with learning deficits. Little is known the about underlying trajectories, i.e., how the affected higher-order cognitive functions develop over time and with respect to ...
Maximilian Pilhatsch   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Stalking the stalker': a Chwezi initiation into spirit possession and experiential structure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Among Sukuma (Tanzania) the Chwezi spirit society operates in the shadow of, and in tension with, the lineage cults domesticating the dead. As this ethnography describes, Chwezi candidates are initiated into spirit possession by 'stalking the stalker ...
Stroeken, Koenraad
core   +2 more sources

Spartan Daily, February 9, 1945 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1945
Volume 33, Issue 79https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/3559/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +3 more sources

Effect of electro-acupuncture, massage, mud, and sauna therapies in patient with rheumatoid arthritis

open access: yesJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2015
A 48-year-old married woman diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2007, came to our hospital in July 2014 with the complaint of severe pain and swelling over multiple joints, especially over small joints, which was associated with stiffness (more ...
Geetha B Shetty, A Mooventhan, N Anagha
doaj   +1 more source

Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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