@article{ART001792290},
author={신재화 and 이옥진 and 최보미 and TaekWon ahn and 이정민},
title={A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain},
journal={Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation},
issn={1229-1854},
year={2013},
volume={23},
number={3},
pages={133-140}
TY - JOUR
AU - 신재화
AU - 이옥진
AU - 최보미
AU - TaekWon ahn
AU - 이정민
TI - A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain
JO - Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
PY - 2013
VL - 23
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
SP - 133
EP - 140
SN - 1229-1854
AB - Objectives The aim of this clinical study was to find out the changes of self-reportedpain intensity before and after balneothrapy in participants with low back pain.
Methods In this study 20 participants with low back pain went through 5 weeks of balneothrapycourse, once in a week. Each week visual analogue scale (VAS) and painthreshold were measured before and after balneothrapy, which consisted of 30 minutes ofhigh pressure underwater shower (32~36oC) and another 30 minutes of whole body bathing(32~40oC).
Results 1. The average of VAS significantly decreased from 64.00±16.35 to34.00±15.69 after 5 weeks of balneothreapy (p＜0.001). 2. The average of pain thresholdsignificantly increased from 8.31±2.52 lbf to 9.53±3.11 lbf after 5 weeks of balneothreapy(p＜0.05).
Conclusions The results showed that 5 weeks of balneotherapy had significant effecton alleviating pain in low back pain participants, which means balneothreapy may be usedas a complementary treatment on musculoskeletal diseases and other chronic diseases.
Further studies are anticipated in the future to find out other various effects of balneothrapy.
KW - Balneotherapy;Hydrotherapy;Oriental physiotherapy;Low back pain (LBP)
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신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn and 이정민. (2013). A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain. Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation, 23(3), 133-140.
신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn and 이정민. 2013, "A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain", Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation, vol.23, no.3 pp.133-140.
신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn, 이정민 "A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain" Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation 23.3 pp.133-140 (2013) : 133.
신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn, 이정민. A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain. 2013; 23(3), 133-140.
신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn and 이정민. "A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain" Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation 23, no.3 (2013) : 133-140.
신재화; 이옥진; 최보미; TaekWon ahn; 이정민. A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain. Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation, 23(3), 133-140.
신재화; 이옥진; 최보미; TaekWon ahn; 이정민. A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain. Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation. 2013; 23(3) 133-140.
신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn, 이정민. A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain. 2013; 23(3), 133-140.
신재화, 이옥진, 최보미, TaekWon ahn and 이정민. "A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain" Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation 23, no.3 (2013) : 133-140.
