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RESEARCH PAPER
External application of sulfide mineral water in the restorative treatment of patients with osteoarthritis – pilot study
1
State Non-profit Enterprise, Ukrainian Research Institute of Rehabilitation and Resort Therapy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine
2
Odesa National Medical University, Odesa, Ukraine
3
Military Clinical Hospital No. 1 with Policlinic, Independent Public Health Care Unit, Lublin, Poland
4
Higher School, Radom, Poland
5
Sanatorium and Health Complex, Brusnytsia, Ukraine
Corresponding author
Lidia Sierpińska
Command, Military Clinical Hospital No. 1 with Polyclinic, Independent Public Health Care Unit, Lublin, Poland
Command, Military Clinical Hospital No. 1 with Polyclinic, Independent Public Health Care Unit, Lublin, Poland
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ABSTRACT
Introduction and objective:
A study was conducted of the effectiveness of underground sulfide mineral waters from well No. 516-re of the village of Brusnytsia, Vyzhnytskyi district, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine, applied externally to villagers with osteoarthritis.
Material and methods:
The main group of 60 villagers (30 people) received baths with sulfide mineral water, the control group (30 people) the dynamics of pain syndrome was assessed using the visual analog pain scale (VAS) and the Leken algofunctional index, quality of life, using the standardized EuroQol-5D and ‘WAM’ (well-being, activity, mood) questionnaires.
Results:
In patients of the main group, joint pain during movements, as measured on the VAS scale, decreased by 2.2 times, while pain at rest significantly reduced, whereas in the control group, this decrease was only 1.2 times (p< 0.05). In the main group, the total score on the Leken algofunctional index decreased almost twice, on the ‘WAM’ scale in the activity and mood categories, there was an improvement of 1.4 times, while in the control group, only 1.4 times and 1.2 times, respectively (p<0.05). Assessment of quality of life on the EuroQol-5D scale showed significant positive dynamics in all indicators of vital activity in patients of the main group.
Conclusions:
A course of external use of baths with underground sulfide boric medium-mineralized hydrocarbonate-chloride sodium waters in villagers with osteoarthritis of large joints contributed to increasing the effectiveness of rehabilitation treatment, and improving the quality of life.
A study was conducted of the effectiveness of underground sulfide mineral waters from well No. 516-re of the village of Brusnytsia, Vyzhnytskyi district, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine, applied externally to villagers with osteoarthritis.
Material and methods:
The main group of 60 villagers (30 people) received baths with sulfide mineral water, the control group (30 people) the dynamics of pain syndrome was assessed using the visual analog pain scale (VAS) and the Leken algofunctional index, quality of life, using the standardized EuroQol-5D and ‘WAM’ (well-being, activity, mood) questionnaires.
Results:
In patients of the main group, joint pain during movements, as measured on the VAS scale, decreased by 2.2 times, while pain at rest significantly reduced, whereas in the control group, this decrease was only 1.2 times (p< 0.05). In the main group, the total score on the Leken algofunctional index decreased almost twice, on the ‘WAM’ scale in the activity and mood categories, there was an improvement of 1.4 times, while in the control group, only 1.4 times and 1.2 times, respectively (p<0.05). Assessment of quality of life on the EuroQol-5D scale showed significant positive dynamics in all indicators of vital activity in patients of the main group.
Conclusions:
A course of external use of baths with underground sulfide boric medium-mineralized hydrocarbonate-chloride sodium waters in villagers with osteoarthritis of large joints contributed to increasing the effectiveness of rehabilitation treatment, and improving the quality of life.
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