[Fangotherapy in chronic degenerative rheumatic diseases].

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.
Authors	M Grassi, M C Lucchetta, G B Rini, S Raffa
Journal	La Clinica terapeutica (Clin Ter) 2003 Jan-Feb Vol. 154 Issue 1 Pg. 45-8 ISSN: 0009-9074 [Print] Italy
Vernacular Title	La fangoterapia nel trattamento delle malattie reumatiche croniche degenerative.
PMID	12854283 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)
Topics	Arthritis, Rheumatoid (epidemiology) Chronic Disease Clinical Trials as Topic Double-Blind Method Follow-Up Studies Humans Italy (epidemiology) Mud Therapy Osteoarthritis (epidemiology) Rheumatic Diseases (epidemiology, therapy) Time Factors

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