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• Comparison of a generic and a disease specific quality of life scale to assess a comprehensive spa therapy program for knee osteoarthritis.

  Authors: Yilmaz B, Goktepe AS, Alaca R, Mohur H, Kayar AH Source: Joint Bone Spine. 2004 Nov;71(6):563-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.09.008 Language: English Availability: abstract

• Selection of measures suitable for evaluating change in fibromyalgia clinical trials

  Authors: Hewett JE, Buckelew SP, Johnson JC, Shaw SE, Huyser B, Fu YZ Source: J Rheumatol. 1995 Dec;22(12):2307-12. DOI: Not specified Language: English Availability: abstract

• Serum Interleukin-1 Changes in Arthrosis Patients after Mud-pack Treatment

  Authors: Cecchettin M, Bellometti S, Lalli A, Galzigna L Source: Phys Med Rehab Kuror 1995; 05(3): 92-93 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1061963 Language: English Availability: none

• alpha1-Antitrypsin and fibromyalgia: new data in favour of the inflammatory hypothesis of fibromyalgia.

  Authors: Blanco LE, de Serres FJ, Fernańdez-Bustillo E, Kassam DA, Arbesú D, Rodríguez C, Torre JC Source: Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(4):759-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.10.005 Language: 2005-01-01 Availability: abstract

• Do patients with chronic low back pain have a lower level of aerobic fitness than healthy controls?: are pain, disability, fear of injury, working status, or level of leisure time activity associated with the difference in aerobic fitness level?

  Authors: Smeets RJ, Wittink H, Hidding A, Knottnerus JA Source: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Jan 1;31(1):90-7; discussion 98. DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000192641.22003.83 Language: English Availability: full text

• Efficacy of rehabilitation of patients with chronic primary low back pain at the spa Klyuchi using balneopelotherapy and transcranial electrostimulation

  Authors: Shutov AA, Panasiuk I Source: Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 2007 Mar-Apr;(2):16-8 DOI: Not specified Language: Russian Availability: abstract

• Methodological reflections on 20 randomized clinical hydrotherapy trials in rheumatology

  Authors: Queneau P, Françon A, Graber-Duvernay B Source: Therapie. 2001 Nov-Dec;56(6):675-84. DOI: Not specified Language: French Availability: abstract

• A transient rise in plasma beta-endorphin after a traditional 47 degrees C hot-spring bath in Kusatsu-spa, Japan.

  Authors: Kubota K, Kurabayashi H, Tamura K, Kawada E, Tamura J, Shirakura T Source: Life Sci. 1992;51(24):1877-80. DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(92)90039-R Language: English Availability: full text

• Exercise therapy for treatment of non-specific low back pain.

  Authors: Hayden JA, van Tulder MW, Malmivaara A, Koes BW Source: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jul 20;(3):CD000335. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000335.pub2 Language: English Availability: abstract

• The Oswestry Disability Index.

  Authors: Fairbank JC, Pynsent PB Source: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Nov 15;25(22):2940-52; discussion 2952. DOI: Not specified Language: English Availability: abstract