Effects of treatment with mature thermal mud on postmenopausal osteoporosis—A preliminary evaluation
Affiliations:
(1) “Clinica del Lavoro” Foundation, Institute for Clinical Research and Care, Medical Center of Rehabilitation
(2) Center of Thermal Studies Pietro d'Abano, Abano Terme.
(3) Department of Biochemistry, University of Padua
Source: CURRENT THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH VOL. 54, NO. 6, DECEMBER1993
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(05)80705-2
Publication date:
1993 Dec
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Copyright: © 1993 Excerpta Medica, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Language: English
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Correspondence address: Maurizio Cecchettin, Medical Center, 27040 Montescano, Italy.
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Article abstract
Use of mud therapy to improve or resolve various osteoarticular disorders has been well known since ancient times in certain European and Eastern countries. This study evaluated some biological effects of mud therapy on postmenopausal osteoporosis by comparing the administration of carbocalcitonin ([aminosuberic acid1,7]-eel calcitonin), mature-mud therapy alone, calcium alone, and carbocalcitonin in combination with mature-mud therapy. Of these four regimens, the combination of carbocalcitonin and mature-mud therapy had the greater biologic effect as documented by biochemical assay and bone mineral density measurement.