The effect of combined therapy (spa and physical therapy) on pain in various chronic diseases

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-250

  Cimbiz, Ali ^a   Bayazit, Vahdettin ^a   Hallaceli, Hasan ^b   Cavlak, Ugur ^c  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Pain; Physical therapy; Spa therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPA TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS; BALNEOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 29744470419     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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