PMID: 18720741Aug 30, 2008Paper

Influence of physical treatment on disease activity and health status of patients with chronic arthritis

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Dusan MusturTatjana Ille

Abstract

This is an open uncontrolled study about effects of physical treatment on disease activity parameters of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. The aim of the study was to establish if there was any improvement of disease activity parameters after four weeks of physical and spa treatment. We compared morning stiffness, tender and swollen joint count, body pain level and Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS-28) in patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, and assessed the effect of physical and spa treatment on those parameters. The research encompassed 109 patients: 69 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA group) and 40 with psoriatic arthritis (PA group). They were from Norway, staying for four weeks in June-September 2003. The groups served as their own controls--"one group pre-test post test" study. Disease activity measurement was made twice: at the beginning and at the end of treatment. The therapeutic set consisted of mud applications, kinesitherapy, mineral water pool and electrotherapy. At the beginning there was no significant difference in observed disease activity parameters between patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis (p > 0.05). After four weeks of physical and spa treatment disease activ...Continue Reading

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Jan 15, 2010·Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo·Dusan MusturMihailo Ille
Jul 29, 2011·Reumatología clinica·Elena Penélope De Dios Sancho, Ana M Martín-Nogueras
Apr 27, 2010·Dermatologic Therapy·Uwe WollinaThomas Kittner

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