Fangotherapy in chronic degenerative rheumatic diseases].
La fangoterapia nel trattamento delle malattie reumatiche croniche degenerative
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Source: Clin Ter. 2003 Jan-Feb;154(1):45-8
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2003 Jan
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Correspondence address: Grassi M. :
Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica applicata, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italia. marcellograssi@hotmail.com
Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica applicata, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italia. marcellograssi@hotmail.com
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Article abstract
The authors remind the historical role of the mud-therapy in the care of chronic degenerative rheumoartrhopaties, namely osteoarthritis. The main researches belong activity of muds on plasmatic hormones, cytokines, endorphins; a great deal of care is devoted to evaluation of efficacy of mud therapy and relating end points. The clinic outcomes of mud therapy, namely in osteoarthritis patients, were referred. Altogether the studies stress the employ of mud therapy in the treatment of osteoarthritis, the consequences of traumas, some dismetabolic chronic arthropaties, and fibromyalgic syndromes.