CONCLUSION Mud pack therapy is considered an alternative and effective therapy in the clinical management of knee OA .
OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was to systematic ally review all the scientific studies that analyse the effectiveness of mud pack therapy on patients diagnosed with knee OA .
Comparison of a generic and a disease specific quality of life scale to assess a comprehensive spa therapy program for knee osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVES To compare the differences or correlation between the results obtained from a generic and a disease-specific instrument for the study group and to assess the short-term effects of spa therapy on quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis . PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty patients with knee osteoarthritis were r and omly recruited . They underwent a comprehensive spa therapy program for 21 days . Forty-six patients completed the study . The results were evaluated with Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form-36 ( SF-36 ) and Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale 2 ( AIMS 2 ) . RESULTS Statistically significant improvement was observed in all subscales of SF-36 . All subscales of AIMS 2 improved too , but only half of them were significant . Correlation between matching subscales of each test was also significant , except physical activity . CONCLUSION Comprehensive spa therapy seems to increase the quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis for short term
CONCLUSION Mud pack therapy is considered an alternative and effective therapy in the clinical management of knee OA .
OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was to systematic ally review all the scientific studies that analyse the effectiveness of mud pack therapy on patients diagnosed with knee OA .