Spa Therapy for Generalized Osteoarthritis: an Open, Observational, Preliminary Study

Erol, Fatma Begüm; Forestier, Romain; Güneri, Fulya Demircioğlu; Karagülle, Mine; Erdoğan, Nusret

doi:10.2515/therapie/2014213

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“…The characteristics of the included studies are presented in Table 2 . Three papers reported the findings from observational pre-test/post-test investigations [ 6 , 10 , 30 ], whilst one paper reported a randomised controlled trial (RCT) [ 31 ]. Three studies presented data on multidisciplinary team (MDT) programmes for people with MJP [ 6 , 10 , 31 ].…”

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“…Three studies presented data on multidisciplinary team (MDT) programmes for people with MJP [ 6 , 10 , 31 ]. Erol et al [ 30 ] reported the clinical findings of a spa therapy intervention.…”

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“…Two studies characterised and termed their cohorts as people with ‘generalised osteoarthritis’ [ 30 , 31 ]. Lillefjell et al [ 6 ] and Moradi et al [ 10 ] termed this group ‘chronic musculoskeletal pain’ but provided specific definitions of joint involvement, thereby meeting the eligibility of MJP for this review.…”

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A systematic review assessing non-pharmacological conservative treatment studies for people with non-inflammatory multi-joint pain: clinical outcomes and research design considerations

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To systematically review the evidence to determine the clinical outcomes and the important methodological quality features of interventional studies on adults with non-inflammatory multi-joint pain (MJP). Systematic search of published and unpublished literature using the databases: AMED, CINAHL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, psycINFO, SPORTDiscus, PEDro, OpenGrey, the EU Clinical Trials Register, World Health Organization International Clinical Trial Registry Platform, ClinicalTrials.gov and the ISRCTN registry (search: inception to 19th October 2017). All papers reporting the clinical outcomes of non-pharmacological interventions for people with non-inflammatory MJP were included. Studies were critically appraised using the Downs and Black Critical Appraisal and the TIDieR reporting checklists. Data were analysed using a Best Evidence Synthesis approach. From 3824 citations, four papers satisfied the eligibility criteria. Three studies reported outcomes from multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes and one study reported the findings of a spa therapy intervention. All interventions significantly improved pain, function and quality of life in the short-term. There was limited reporting of measures for absenteeism, presenteeism and psychosocial outcomes. The evidence was ‘weak’, and due to a lack of controlled trials, there is limited evidence to ascertain treatment effectiveness. Design consideration for future trials surround improved reporting of participant characteristics, interventions and the standardisation of core outcome measures. There is insufficient high-quality trial data to determine the effectiveness of treatments for non-inflammatory MJP. Given the significant health burden which this condition presents on both individuals and wider society, developing and testing interventions and accurately reporting these, should be a research priority. Registration PROSPERO (CRD42013005888).

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“…Hence, overall, 7 (29.17%) out of 24 theses resulted in publication as a fulltext article in a peer-reviewed journal. Because two articles were derived from one of these 7 theses, a total of 8 publications were identified (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25). Six of them (18,20,(22)(23)(24)(25) were written in English, and one thesis each was written in German (19) and Turkish (21).…”

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“…The articles were published in 6 different journals, the most popular of which were the International Journal of Biometeorology and Physikalische Medizin Rehabilitationsmedizin Kurortmedizin, with 2 articles for each. Six articles (18,19,(22)(23)(24)(25) were published in the journals indexed in SCI-E and 4 articles (22)(23)(24)(25) were published in the journals indexed in the Medline. The mean time to online publication was 3.00 ± 1.83 years and the mean impact factor of publishing journals was 1.43 ± 0.91, in the articles published in SCI-E journals.…”

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