Balneotherapy for musculoskeletal pain: does the mineral content matter?

Rapolienė, Lolita; Razbadauskas, Artūras; Mockevičienė, Daiva; Varžaitytė, Lina; Skarbalienė, Aelita

doi:10.1007/s00484-019-01800-3

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“…Musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of years lived with disability and the fifth most common cause of disability-adjusted life years worldwide in 2017 according to estimates from the Global Burden of Diseases [1][2][3]. Musculoskeletal disorders cause pain and functional disability [4][5][6], and their burden on individuals and society has been increasing worldwide [2,3,7]. Therefore, public interest in musculoskeletal disorders during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic should be assessed to develop effective measures for the management of musculoskeletal disorders.…”

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Public interest in musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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Objective The goal was to assess public interest in a wide range of musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods We searched Google Trends for 118 search queries within the United States. We compared two timeframes of 2020 (March 15–July 4 and July 5–October 31) to similar timeframes over the four prior years (2016–2019). Results In the early pandemic, March 15–July 4, a statistically significant decrease in relative search volume of the majority of queries (60%) was detected, with a significant increase in only 2 queries (i.e. myalgia and toe swelling). In the phase July through October, a statistically significant decrease was detected in only 22% of search queries; there was no difference for 60% of search queries between 2020 and 2016–2019 suggesting a return to their prior levels for most of search queries. Interestingly, the search volume of 18% of search queries (i.e. fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, myalgia, spondylosis, radiculopathy, myelopathy, neck pain, neck strain, lower back strain, sciatica, shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, elbow pain, lateral epicondylitis, wrist pain, carpal tunnel, hand pain, finger pain, trigger finger, and Morton’s neuroma) was significantly increased compared with the four prior years. Conclusion Public interest focused on COVID-19 and sought online information for COVID-19 symptoms in the early pandemic. In the period July through October, there was an upward trend in musculoskeletal symptoms and some colloquial terms/well-known musculoskeletal conditions coupled with a downward trend in general musculoskeletal disorder terms and certain specific diagnoses. This information may help rheumatologists understand public interest in musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders and address the needs of patients to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on outcomes. Supplementary Information The online version of this article (10.1007/s00393-021-00989-2) includes Table 1. Article and supplementary material are available at www.springermedizin.de . Please enter the title of the article in the search field, the supplementary material can be found under “Ergänzende Inhalte”.

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Public interest in musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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“…Figure 1 with the PRISMA flow-chart illustrates the studies’ research and selection. The present review involves twenty-one articles that, following the characteristics of the balneotherapy protocol, were grouped into four sections: five studies were included in the Balneotherapy–thermal water immersion alone section ( Buskila et al, 2001 ; Neumann et al, 2001 ; Yang et al, 2018 ; Koçak et al, 2020 ; Rapolienė et al, 2020 ); six studies in Balneotherapy–thermal water immersion with other spa treatments section ( Dönmez et al, 2005 ; Sekine et al, 2006 ; Evcik et al, 2007 ; Blasche et al, 2010 ; Koike et al, 2013 ; Latorre-Román et al, 2015 ); eight articles in Balneotherapy and physical exercise–balneotherapy and out-of-the-pool physical exercise section ( Altan et al, 2006 ; Yurtkuran et al, 2006 ; Kamioka et al, 2009 ; Naumann et al, 2020 ; Stier-Jarmer et al, 2020 ; Özkuk and Ateş, 2020 ; Koç et al, 2021 ; Bestaş et al, 2022 ), and three studies in the Balneotherapy and physical exercise–balneotherapy and in-pool physical exercise section ( Altan et al, 2004 ; Maindet et al, 2021 ; Bestaş et al, 2022 ). The study by Bestaş and colleagues (2022) has been included in two different sections since its randomization was based on three arms: 1) Balneotherapy; 2) water-based physical exercise; 3) land-based physical exercise.…”

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Sleep and spa therapies: What is the role of balneotherapy associated with exercise? A systematic review

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Balneotherapy and exercise are potential factors influencing sleep through several physiological pathways and relaxing effects. This review aims to assess whether balneotherapy can improve sleep quality in concomitance or not with exercise. The research was conducted on Medline, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases. The current review followed PRISMA reporting guidelines and involves twenty-one articles grouped into four sections based on the characteristics of the balneotherapy protocol: 1.a Balneotherapy–thermal water immersion alone (five studies); 1.b Balneotherapy–thermal water immersion with other spa treatments (six studies); 2.a Balneotherapy and physical exercise–balneotherapy and out-of-the-pool physical exercise (eight studies); 2.b Balneotherapy and physical exercise–balneotherapy and in-pool physical exercise (three studies). Apart from healthy or sub-healthy subjects, patients recruited in the studies were affected by fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, musculoskeletal pain, subacute supraspinatus tendinopathy, and mental disorders. Duration, number of sessions, and study protocols are very different from each other. Only one study objectively evaluated sleep, whereas the others used subjective sleep assessment methods. Eight studies considered sleep as a primary outcome and ten as secondary. Sixteen out of twenty-one studies described improvements in self-perceived sleep quality. Thus, balneotherapy associated with other spa treatments and physical exercise seems to be effective in improving self-perceived sleep quality. However, the miscellany of treatments makes it difficult to discern the isolated effects of balneotherapy and physical exercise. Future studies should consider using an objective sleep assessment method and describing the pathways and physiological mechanisms that could provoke sleep changes during balneotherapy treatments.

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“…These spas have experienced multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams (e.g., spa physicians, physical therapists, physiotherapists, and rehabilitation nurses) to provide and adjust the rehabilitation program to the individual patient's needs. Although spa therapy has yet no evidence specific to COVID-19, it and its interventions (e.g., balneotherapy, peloid therapy, aquatic exercises, and exercise) have been demonstrated beneficial in improving fatigue, dyspnea, pain, and depression/ anxiety, and in increasing quality of life of patients who have these symptoms, in many reviews and numerous clinical studies (Kamioka et al 2020;Khaltaev et al 2020;Munteanu et al 2019;Baldi et al 2015;Fioravanti et al 2010Fioravanti et al , 2018Rapolienė et al 2020;Király et al 2020;Gay et al 2020;Bernetti et al 2020;Varzaityte et al 2020;Dilekçi et al 2019Dilekçi et al , 2020Eröksüz et al 2020;Yuan et al 2019;Cozzi et al 2020;Gálvez et al 2020;Corvillo et al 2020;Pérez-Fernández et al 2019;Peultier-Celli et al 2019;Hanzel et al 2019;Yücesoy et al 2019;Özkuk and Di lekçi 2019;Masiero et al 2020c;Tenti et al 2020;Koçak et al 2020;Özkuk and Uysal 2019;Cantista and Maraver 2020;Cheleschi et al 2020;Özkuk and Ateş 2020;Min et al 2020;Prossegger et al 2019;Persiyanova-Dubrova et al 2019). Interestingly, hypothetical and theoretical backgrounds of using spas as rehabilitation facilities for post-COVID-19 patients have been discussed in several articles (Macca...…”

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Public interest in spa therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of Google Trends data among Turkey

Kardeş

2021

Int J Biometeorol

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In Turkey, spas are widely used and preferred by patients who are seeking relief from their disability and pain. The spa therapy program is partly reimbursed by the national health insurance system. The objective of the present study was to leverage Google Trends to elucidate the public interest in spas in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Google Trends was queried to analyze search trends within Turkey for the Turkish term representing a spa (i.e., kaplıca) from

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Balneotherapy for musculoskeletal pain: does the mineral content matter?

Cited by 17 publications

References 45 publications

Public interest in musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

Public interest in musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sleep and spa therapies: What is the role of balneotherapy associated with exercise? A systematic review

Public interest in spa therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of Google Trends data among Turkey

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