Review article

Balneotherapy/hydrotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis – a descriptive overview

Simeon GRAZIO orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-0317 ; Klinika za reumatologiju, fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju; Klinički bolnički centar Sestre milosrdnice; Vinogradska 29; 10 000 Zagreb
Ines DOKO ; Klinika za reumatologiju, fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju; Klinički bolnički centar „Sestre milosrdnice“, Zagreb

Abstract

Balneotherapy/hydrotherapy is an essential part of the rehabilitation in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Its effectiveness is often called into question, and for that reason the aim of this study was to summarize the literature about the effectiveness of balneotherapy/hydrotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. The best known journal datebases in the field of biomedicine (PubMed, Scopus, Ovid) were computer searched in the period from 1993 to 2013 by keywords “balneotherapy”, “spa therapy” and “hydrotherapy” for these three inflammatory rheumatic diseases. All the available written medical literature was also used. This article brings a descriptive overview of the basic principles of effect and the welfare of balneotherapy/hydrotherapy and its significance in the three most common inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Keywords

balneotherapy; hidrotherapy; ankylosing spondylitis; rheumatoid arthritis; psoriatic arthritis

Hrčak ID:

125658

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125658

Publication date:

28.7.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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