Contribution of individual spa therapies in the treatment of chronic pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 302-309

  Strauss Blasche, Gerhard ^a   Ekmekcioglu, Cem ^a   Vacariu, Gerda ^a   Melchart, Herbert ^a   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a   Marktl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Back pain; Balneotherapy; Physical therapy; Quality of life; Spa therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MOOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPA TREATMENT; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; BACK PAIN; BALNEOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STATISTICS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036039654     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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