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 .
Language of publication restrictions in systematic reviews gave different results depending on whether the intervention was conventional or complementary.
OBJECTIVE To assess whether language of publication restrictions impact the estimates of an intervention 's effectiveness , whether such impact is similar for conventional medicine and complementary medicine interventions , and whether the results are influenced by publication bias and statistical heterogeneity . STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING We set out to examine the extent to which including reports of r and omized  controlled trials ( RCTs ) in language s other than English ( LOE ) influences the results of systematic review s , using a broad data set of 42 language -inclusive systematic review s , involving 662 RCTs , including both conventional medicine ( CM ) and complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ) interventions .  RESULTS For CM interventions , language -restricted systematic review s , compared with language -inclusive ones , did not introduce biased results , in terms of estimates of intervention effectiveness ( r and om effects ration of odds rations ROR=1.02 ; 95 % CI=0.83 - 1.26 ) . For CAM interventions , however , language -restricted systematic review s result ed in a 63 % smaller protective effect estimate than language -inclusive review s ( r and om effects ROR=1.63 ; 95 % CI=1.03 - 2.60 ) . CONCLUSION Language restrictions do not change the results of CM systematic review s but do substantially alter the results of CAM systematic review s. These findings are robust even after sensitivity analyses , and do not appear to be influenced by statistical heterogeneity and publication bias
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 .