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A Clinical Study: Pain Intensity Before and After Balneotherapy in Participants with Low Back Pain

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2013, 23(3), pp.133-140
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

신재화 1 이옥진 1 최보미 1 TaekWon ahn 1 이정민 1

1대전대학교

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ABSTRACT

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.

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