Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
Results
The score at T0 demonstrated a low grade of vascularity in both groups. The Radiologist
did not detect significant variations at T1 and in particular the score remained
unchanged in 12 patients (66.7%), improved in 4 (22.2%) and worsened in
2 (11.1%) in group A, remained unchanged in 10 patients (71.4%), improved in 2
(14.3%) and worsened in 2 (14.3%) in group B. The processing of the films by a
dedicated software showed at T1 a favorable variation of vascularity parameters in
patients in group A, in comparison to controls.
Conclusions
Our data suggest that patients with PA with low active disease induced by TNFinhibitors
can receive a further improvement from a cycle of mud-bath treatment.
CEUS revealed in these patients a slight reduction of vascularity parameters at
time T1 compared to baseline, while in those treated with TNF-inhibitors alone
showed an opposite trend.
These results are in agreement with the clinical improvement observed in patients
with PA submitted to thermal therapy, reported in other studies.
Keywords: Psoriatic Arthritis, Mud-Bath Therapy, Contrasted-Enhanced Ultrasound
(CEUS)
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