Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 74-75
Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
phy (same joints in the same patient and along the time by the same echographist),
visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, fatigue, quality of life (QoL), appreciation of
medical doctor, and finally the health assessment questionnaire (HAQ), always at
the same periods of the follow-up (D0, D21 and M3)and simultaneously for the two
groups. The thermal group had a special mini-bus to go and return from spa thermal
(S. Jorge Spa) about twenty minutes from Porto. Those who work continue their
journey in labor activity. Every day, a medical hydrologist was present in thermal
treatments. These treatments were always the same: different types of baths predefined.
Results
Of the preliminary results we found a better statistically difference between
groups, at D0 and M3, in delta CDAI (p