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Deep heat in the treatment of inflammatory joint disease.

Abstract
There is now a growing body of clinical evidence suggesting a therapeutic approach to cancer and prostatic hypertrophy by using hyperthermia. It is proposed that such a hyperthermic modality can produce thermal synovectomy in inflammatory arthritis. Heating the joint cavity up to 42 deg C can inhibit the enzymatic effect of collagenase, oxygenase, and other enzymes playing a role in the inflammatory process. If this hypothesis is correct, therapeutic intervention using hyperthermia may offer hope for the treatment of isolated inflammatory joint diseases.
AuthorsA Weinberger, R Fadilah, A Lev, A Levi, J Pinkhas
JournalMedical hypotheses (Med Hypotheses) Vol. 25 Issue 4 Pg. 231-3 (Apr 1988) ISSN: 0306-9877 [Print] United States
PMID3367814 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Hyaluronic Acid
Topics
  • Arthritis (physiopathology, therapy)
  • Body Temperature
  • Cell Division
  • Hot Temperature
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronic Acid (biosynthesis)
  • Hyperthermia, Induced
  • Models, Biological
  • Pain (physiopathology)
  • Peripheral Nerves (physiopathology)
  • Synovial Membrane (blood supply, metabolism)

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