Taking baths: The efficacy of balneotherapy in patients with arthritis. A systematic review

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1964-1971

  Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   De Vet, Henrica C W ^a   De Bie, Robert A ^a   Kessels, Alphons G H ^a   Boers, Maarten ^a,b   Knipschild, Paul G ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*

Author keywords

Arthritis; Balneotherapy; Quality criteria list; Randomized clinical trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BATH; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BALNEOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030842897     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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