HRM  treatment is associated with clinical improvement in diseases of the skin , respiratory , circulatory , digestive and nervous system among others .
The scientific literature of the last decade has shown that a number of non-musculoskeletal disorders are treated with different kinds of  HRM .
Health resort medicine ( HRM ; in German : Kurortmedizin ) is a field of medicine with long-lasting tradition in several European countries .
A number of systematic review s have shown the effectiveness of HRM  in musculoskeletal conditions .
Review s focusing on the effectiveness of HRM in non-musculoskeletal disorders are rare .
This systematic review aims to provide an overview about all types of health resort treatments applied in non-musculoskeletal conditions , to summarize evidence for its effectiveness and to assess the quality of published studies .
[Psoriasis and mud bath therapy: clinical-experimental study].
OBJECTIVE The psoriasis is chronic disease characterized from an acceleration of the kinetic of the cells of epidermis . To front of the empirical evidence of the benefits of the thermal therapy in the psoriasis , the experimentals-clinics studies is insufficient . The aim of research it has been that of quantify the benefits of the mud-bath therapy with mineral water in the psoriasis . PATIENT AND METHODS The study has been channel on a champion of 30 subjects of which 19 of male sex and 11 of female sex with middle equal age to 56 years + /- 5.3 affected from psoriasis . The subjects of the examined champion have been divided to r and om in 2 groups : A and B. The group A has been treated with drugs used for psoriasis for 12 days ; the B group has been treated , always for 12 consecutive days , with mud-bath therapy ( FBT ) with mineral water obtained from the mineral sources ( chlorinate-sulphureous-bicarbonate ) of the Spa of Stabia in Castellammare ( NA ) . To the beginning and at the end of the advised treatments has been valued the prurient symptomatology and the PASI ( Psoriasis and Severity Index ) . RESULTS The data highlight an significant ( P < 0.05 ) reduction is of the prurient symptomatology and of the PASI in both the groups considered . CONCLUSIONS The results of this first step of investigations seems to highlight that the FBT treatment , to the same way of the drugs anti-psoriasis , results useful in the ameliorate the quality of life of these patients
HRM  treatment is associated with clinical improvement in diseases of the skin , respiratory , circulatory , digestive and nervous system among others .
The scientific literature of the last decade has shown that a number of non-musculoskeletal disorders are treated with different kinds of  HRM .
Health resort medicine ( HRM ; in German : Kurortmedizin ) is a field of medicine with long-lasting tradition in several European countries .
A number of systematic review s have shown the effectiveness of HRM  in musculoskeletal conditions .
Review s focusing on the effectiveness of HRM in non-musculoskeletal disorders are rare .
This systematic review aims to provide an overview about all types of health resort treatments applied in non-musculoskeletal conditions , to summarize evidence for its effectiveness and to assess the quality of published studies .