Clinical Effects of Regular Dry Sauna Bathing: A Systematic Review
Hussain J, Cohen M
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 46 citas
Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Revisión sistemática (clasificado por nuestro filtro de IA)
- Estudiado en
- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Universidad u hospital
- RMIT University
- Organización sin fines de lucro
- Jacka Foundation
Según 2 financiadores declarados y la declaración de financiación del texto completo.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2018-01-01 · Evid Based Complement Alternat Med · vol. 2018 · número 1 · pág. 1857413
- Editorial
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Citado
- 98 citas · más que el 85% de estudios similares · 1.6× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 117 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista híbrida) · CC-BY
- Áreas de investigación
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements · Textile materials and evaluations
- Palabras clave
- Medicine, Bathing, Adverse effect, Psychological intervention, Environmental health, Health benefits, Clinical trial, Meta-analysis, Systematic review, Randomized controlled trial, Physical therapy, MEDLINE, Gerontology, Surgery, Internal medicine, Traditional medicine, Nursing, Pathology
2 autores
- Joy N. Hussain🇦🇺 · autor de correspondenciaRMIT University
- Marc Maurice Cohen🇦🇺RMIT University
Resumen
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Introduction
Many health benefits are claimed by individuals and facilities promoting sauna bathing; however the medical evidence to support these claims is not well established. This paper aims to systematically review recent research on the effects of repeated dry sauna interventions on human health.
Methods
A systematic search was made of medical databases for studies reporting on the health effects of regular dry sauna bathing on humans from 2000 onwards. Risk of bias was assessed according to the Cochrane Collaboration guidelines.
Results
Forty clinical studies involving a total of 3855 participants met the inclusion criteria. Only 13 studies were randomized controlled trials and most studies were small (n n = 10) reported an adverse health outcome of disrupted male spermatogenesis, demonstrated to be reversible when ceasing sauna activity.
Conclusions
Regular dry sauna bathing has potential health benefits. More data of higher quality is needed on the frequency and extent of adverse side effects. Further study is also needed to determine the optimal frequency and duration of distinct types of sauna bathing for targeted health effects and the specific clinical populations who are most likely to benefit.
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