A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of mild water-filtered near infrared whole-body hyperthermia as an adjunct to a standard multimodal rehabilitation in the treatment of fibromyalgia

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Brockow, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Andreas ^b   Franke, Annegret ^a   Offenbächer, Martin ^c   Resch, Karl L ^a  

^a Spa Medicine Research Institute Bad Elster ^*  (Germany)

^b Rehabilitation Hospital Hoher Meissner   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Physical medicine; Rehabilitation; Water filtered near infrared; Whole body hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847246463     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31802b4f80     Document Type: Article

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