The effect of the thermal mineral water of Nagybaracska on patients with knee joint osteoarthritis - A double blind study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 890-894

  Bálint, Géza P ^a   Buchanan, W Watson ^b   Ádám, András ^c   Ratkó, István ^a   Poór, Lászó ^d   Bálint, Péter V ^a   Somos, Éva ^d   Tefner, Ildikó ^a   Bender, Tamás ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c General Practice Service of Dávod   (Hungary)

^d Municipal Hospital of Baja   (Hungary)

^e Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Physiotherapy; Spa; Treatment

Indexed keywords

MINERAL WATER; TAP WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPA TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; BALNEOLOGY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL WATERS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250701779     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0420-1     Document Type: Article

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