A pilot study to evaluate the effects of floatation spa treatment on patients with osteoarthritis.
Affiliations:
Source: Complement Ther Med. 1999 Dec;7(4):235-8.
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(99)80008-9
Publication date:
1999 Dec
E-Publication date:
Jan. 11, 2005
Availability: abstract
Copyright: © 1999 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Language: English
Countries: Not specified
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Article abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To conduct a preliminary investigation of the effects on floatation spa therapy on quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis to see if controlled trials are warranted.
DESIGN:
Uncontrolled clinical trial.
SETTING:
Private floatation spa therapy centre.
PATIENTS:
Fourteen patients with chronic osteoarthritis of the weight-bearing joints, of whom four dropped out.
INTERVENTION:
Six weekly sessions of floatation spa therapy.
OUTCOME MEASURES:
SF36, AIMS2 and MYMOP quality-of-life questionnaires.
MAIN RESULTS:
All patients improved. Differences between baseline and discharge scores showed statistically significant improvement for MYMOP, but not AIMS2 or SF-36.
CONCLUSIONS:
Controlled trials of floatation spa therapy for patients with osteoarthritis are warranted.