Seasonal variation in effect of SPA therapy on chronic pain

Chronobiology International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 483-495

  Strauss Blasche, Gerhard ^a,b   Ekmekcioglu, Cem ^a,b   Leibetseder, Valentin ^a,b   Melchart, Herbert ^c   Marktl, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Spa Clinic ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Chronic pain; Circannual rhythm; Seasonal variation; Semiannual rhythm; Spa therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPA TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BALNEOLOGY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUD THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 0036254621     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120002878     Document Type: Article

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