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Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease. RA symptoms make the disease disabling and strongly impact the quality of life of patients. Among the available forms of treatment, balneotherapy seems to be one of the most common forms of nonpharmacological tr...

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Autores principales: Fernandez-Gonzalez, Maria, Fernandez-Lao, Carolina, Martin-Martin, Lydia, Gonzalez-Santos, Angela, Lopez-Garzon, Maria, Ortiz-Comino, Lucia, Lozano-Lozano, Mario
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948827
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413216
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author Fernandez-Gonzalez, Maria
Fernandez-Lao, Carolina
Martin-Martin, Lydia
Gonzalez-Santos, Angela
Lopez-Garzon, Maria
Ortiz-Comino, Lucia
Lozano-Lozano, Mario
author_facet Fernandez-Gonzalez, Maria
Fernandez-Lao, Carolina
Martin-Martin, Lydia
Gonzalez-Santos, Angela
Lopez-Garzon, Maria
Ortiz-Comino, Lucia
Lozano-Lozano, Mario
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description Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease. RA symptoms make the disease disabling and strongly impact the quality of life of patients. Among the available forms of treatment, balneotherapy seems to be one of the most common forms of nonpharmacological treatment for rheumatic disease. The aim was to explore the effectiveness of balneotherapy for improving the quality of life of patients with RA. Methods: Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and The Cochrane library were searched for randomized or clinical controlled trials published in English or Spanish until May 2021. Risk of bias of included articles were assessed using the Cochrane tool. A total 535 records were retrieved, and seven met the inclusion criteria. All the included studies showed statistically significant improvements in the quality of life of patients who received balneotherapy treatment despite differences in treatment administration. Sessions should be approximately 20 min long and use natural mineral waters enriched with elements, or mud, at a water temperature between 35–38 °C. Conclusions: Balneotherapy benefits the quality of life of people with RA. The obtained results show positive effects for both mineral bathing and immersion in sand or mud on the quality of life of people who suffer from RA.
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spelling pubmed-87012662021-12-24 Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review Fernandez-Gonzalez, Maria Fernandez-Lao, Carolina Martin-Martin, Lydia Gonzalez-Santos, Angela Lopez-Garzon, Maria Ortiz-Comino, Lucia Lozano-Lozano, Mario Int J Environ Res Public Health Systematic Review Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease. RA symptoms make the disease disabling and strongly impact the quality of life of patients. Among the available forms of treatment, balneotherapy seems to be one of the most common forms of nonpharmacological treatment for rheumatic disease. The aim was to explore the effectiveness of balneotherapy for improving the quality of life of patients with RA. Methods: Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and The Cochrane library were searched for randomized or clinical controlled trials published in English or Spanish until May 2021. Risk of bias of included articles were assessed using the Cochrane tool. A total 535 records were retrieved, and seven met the inclusion criteria. All the included studies showed statistically significant improvements in the quality of life of patients who received balneotherapy treatment despite differences in treatment administration. Sessions should be approximately 20 min long and use natural mineral waters enriched with elements, or mud, at a water temperature between 35–38 °C. Conclusions: Balneotherapy benefits the quality of life of people with RA. The obtained results show positive effects for both mineral bathing and immersion in sand or mud on the quality of life of people who suffer from RA. MDPI 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8701266/ /pubmed/34948827 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413216 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Fernandez-Lao, Carolina
Martin-Martin, Lydia
Gonzalez-Santos, Angela
Lopez-Garzon, Maria
Ortiz-Comino, Lucia
Lozano-Lozano, Mario
Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
title Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
title_full Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
title_full_unstemmed Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
title_short Therapeutic Benefits of Balneotherapy on Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
title_sort therapeutic benefits of balneotherapy on quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review
topic Systematic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948827
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413216
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