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• Effects of spa therapy on serum leptin and adiponectin levels in patients with knee osteoarthritis

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• Eight months of physical training in warm water improves physical and mental health in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial

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• Balneotherapy for atopic dermatitis in children at Comano spa in Trentino, Italy

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• The therapeutic effect of balneotherapy: evaluation of the evidence from randomised controlled trials

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• Clinical and microcirculatory effects of transcutaneous CO2 therapy in intermittent claudication. Randomized double-blind clinical trial with a parallel design

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• Psoriasis treatment: faster and long-standing results after bathing in geothermal seawater. A randomized trial of three UVB phototherapy regimens

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• A randomized controlled comparison of the efficacy of Dead Sea salt balneophototherapy vs. narrowband ultraviolet B monotherapy for chronic plaque psoriasis

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• Acupuncture and other physical treatments for the relief of pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee: network meta-analysis

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• Outcome of "short-term" Dead Sea climatotherapy for psoriasis

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• Mud compress therapy for the hands of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

  Authors: Codish S, Abu-Shakra M, Flusser D, Friger M, Sukenik S Source: Rheumatol Int. 2005 Jan;25(1):49-54 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0402-4 Language: English Availability: abstract