Author/Editor		Krajnc, I; Turk, Z
Title		Vergleichende Untersuchung zur Wirksamkeit der Behandlung von Kreuzschmerzen in den Kuranstalten von Radenci und Banovci
Type		članek
Source		Oestereichische Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Medizin
Vol. and No.		Letnik 3, št. 2
Publication year		1993
Volume		str. 74-9
Language		ger
Abstract		In a prospective comparative research study the acute and chronic effects of hydrotherapy in tap water and thermomineral water were studied in patients with low back pain. 29 patients of both sexes, different ages and various causes of low back pain were included in the study. At the spa of Radenci they 14 days of 20-minute hydrotherapy in tap water at 32C. Tests were carried out prior to hydrotherapy, after 14 days of hydrotherapy and 6 weeks after termination of therapy in tap water. Then treatment was continued at the spa of banovci. The patients had 14 days of hydrotherapy in thermomineral water of 36C. The same clinical clinical-ups as in the spa of Radenci were perofrmed before, after therapy and 6 weeks after termination of hydrotherapy in mineral water. All patients terminated all phases of the study. generalized spondylochondrosis was in 72.4%, state after an operation for disk herniation in 24.4% of patients. Treatment in the spa of Radenci was successful in 51.7%, unsuccessful in 48.3%, wheras in the spa of Banovci it was successful in 94.7% and unsuccessful in olny 5.3% of cases. The better therapeutic effect in the spa of Banovci may be ascribed to the effectiveness of the thermomineral water.
Descriptors		LOW BACK PAIN HEALTH RESORTS HYDROTHERAPY BALNEOLOGY TREATMENT OUTCOME