Randomized trial of balneotherapy associated with patient education in patients with advanced chronic venous insufficiency

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-170

  Carpentier, Patrick H ^a   Satger, Bernadette ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPA TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEAKNESS;

AGED; BALNEOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 58549104703     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.075     Document Type: Article

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