Improvement of the clinical outcome in Ankylosing Spondylitis by balneotherapy

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Yurtkuran, Merih ^a   Ay, Alev ^a,c   Karakoç, Yüksel ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Turkey)

^c UÜTF Atatürk Rehabilitasyon Merkezi Kükürtlü Kaplicalari PK ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Balneotherapy; NSAID

Indexed keywords

NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX EXAMINATION; WELLBEING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BALNEOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPROXEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22244471657     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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