The Challenge in Combining Pelotherapy and Electrotherapy (Iontophoresis) in One Single Therapeutic Modality [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2022 Pelotherapy and electrotherapy are therapeutic methodologies with proven success in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) and dermatology fields. The main purpose of these therapeutic modalities is to reduce pain, accelerate wound healing, alleviate
Carla Marina Bastos +3 more
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Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Two-Week Course of Aquatic Therapy and Thalassotherapy in a Mild Post-Stroke Population. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Strokes are a leading cause of disability in developed countries. Patients with disabilities need rehabilitation to improve their physical functioning, mental status, and quality of life.
Morer C +4 more
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Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) saltpan sediments for pelotherapy application [PDF]
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022 The present study aims to characterize sediments textural, geochemical and mineralogical composition used in a SPA for pelotherapy applications. Six samples were collected in two areas of an open-air saline SPA, a former saltpan in Ria de Aveiro ...
Almeida, Lara +2 more
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Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2009 A method is developed for the treatment of elderly hypertension patients. The method consists in the combined use of peaty mud applications on lower limb regions, magnetolaser therapy, and electrosleep.
I. N. Smirnova +2 more
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Development of a new composite surface tensiometry parameter for quality evaluation of the maturation process of peloids by contact angle method [PDF]
Balneo and PRM Research JournalWith the introduction of the rheological and surface tensiometry approaches, peloids started to be viewed as a geological complex system that needed to be characterized in an integrated way.
Davide Rossi, Nicola Realdon
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Comparative Study of SPA Mud from "Bacino Idrominerario Omogeneo dei Colli Euganei (B.I.O.C.E.)-Italy" and Industrially Optimized Mud for Skin Applications. [PDF]
Life (Basel), 2020 The term "Salus per aquam (SPA) therapies" refers to therapeutic pathways that includes mud therapy. The therapeutic efficacy of a peloid depends on its chemical and mineralogical composition, as well as its technological properties.
Bergamaschi B +10 more
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Balneotherapy, Immune System, and Stress Response: A Hormetic Strategy? [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2018 La balneoterapia es un enfoque complementario clínicamente eficaz en el tratamiento de patologías de bajo grado de inflamación y relacionadas con el estrés.
Gálvez I +2 more
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Терапевтическая эффективность применения пелоидотерапии и аппликаций нафталана у больных затяжной пневмонией [PDF]
PULMONOLOGIYA, 2009 Clinical, laboratory, functional, and radiological examination of 82 patients with slowly resolving pneumonia was performed. The average age of the patients was 42.0 ± 2.4 yrs, 34 (41.5 %) were males and 48 (58.5 %) were females.
L. Sizyakova A. +3 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 +5 more
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The Polyperfluoromethylisopropyl Ether used as a surface tensiometry tool for non-invasive quality assessment of peloids (TVS mud index®): An overview [PDF]
Balneo and PRM Research Journal, 2023 Background Surface tensiometry consented to characterize the surface free energy of geomaterials in an integrated and non-destructive way. A new surface tensiometry tool, based on the contact angle measurement of Polyperfluoromethylisopropyl Ether (TVS
Davide Rossi
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