A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of mild walter-filtered near infrared whole-body hyperthermia as an adjunct to a standard multimodal rehabilitation in the treatment of fibromyalgia;Randomisierte, kontrollierte studie zur wirksamkeit und verträglichkeit einer milden wassergefilterten infrarot-a- ganzkörperhyperthermie als zusatzbehandlung zu einer multimodalen rehabilitativen standardtherapie bei der behandlung der fibromyalgie

Physikalische Medizin Rehabilitationsmedizin Kurortmedizin

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Brockow, T ^a   Wagner, A ^b   Franke, A ^c   Offenbacher M ^d   Resch, K L ^a  

^a Deutsches Institut für Gesundheitsforschung Bad Elster   (Germany)

^b Rehabilitationsklinik Hoher Meissner   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749134186     PISSN: 09406689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080943     Document Type: Article

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