Spa therapy for ankylosing spondylitis at the Dead Sea

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 443-446

  Codish, Shlomi ^a   Dobrovinsky, Sergey ^a   Shakra, Mahmoud Abu ^a   Flusser, Daniel ^a   Sukenik, Shaul ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Balneotherapy; Dead Sea; Spa therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FRESH WATER; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SULFUR;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CLIMATE; CLIMATOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MUD THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPA TREATMENT; SPINE MOBILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BALNEOLOGY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144483057     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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