Dry sauna therapy is beneficial for patients with low back pain
Cho EH, Kim NH, Kim HC, Yang YH, Kim J, Hwang B
Anesthesia and pain medicine · 6 citas
Cómo se estudió
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- Ensayo clínico controlado (clasificado por nuestro filtro de IA)
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- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Gobierno
- National Research Foundation
- Gobierno
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Gobierno
- U.S. Forest Service
- Gobierno
- Korea Forest Service
- Gobierno
- Korea Forest Service Grant
- Subvenciones
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1D1A1B03035527); Korea Forest Service (S111616L040110)
Según 5 financiadores declarados.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2019-10-31 · Anesth Pain Med (Seoul) · vol. 14 · número 4 · págs. 474–479
- Citado
- 9 citas · más que el 51% de estudios similares · 0.1× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 23 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista) · CC-BY-NC
- Áreas de investigación
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment · Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Palabras clave
- Medicine, Anesthesia, Physical therapy
6 autores
- Eun-Hee Cho🇰🇷Kangwon National University Hospital
- Nam–Hun Kim🇰🇷Kangwon National University
- Hyoung‐Chun Kim🇰🇷Kangwon National University
- Yun-Ho Yang🇰🇷Kangwon National University Hospital
- Ju-Youn Kim🇰🇷Kangwon National University Hospital
- Byeongmun Hwang🇰🇷 · autor de correspondenciaKangwon National University Hospital
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Background
Dry sauna has been very popular as an alternative therapy for promoting health among people who want to improve their health condition without relying on pharmaceuticals. The aim of this study was to investigate whether dry sauna therapy improved quality of life and reduced pain in participants with low back pain.
Methods
Study participants comprised a total of 37 consecutive patients who were over 20 years of age with low back pain. Dry sauna therapy was performed twice per day for 5 consecutive days over the course of 1 week, thus comprising a total of 10 sessions each of 15 min of exposure to a 90°C dry sauna.
Results
The verbal numerical rating scale (VNRS) and Oswestry disability index (ODI) scores were significantly reduced after dry sauna therapy (P < 0.001 for both). VNRS pain scores had a median (range) of 5 (2-8) before dry sauna therapy and 3 (0-8) after dry sauna therapy. ODI scores had a median (range) of 12 (2-24) before dry sauna therapy and 8 (1-17) after dry sauna therapy. The proportion of participants who reported successful treatment (excellent + good) was 70%. No adverse effects were observed related to dry sauna therapy.
Conclusions
Our results suggest that dry sauna therapy may be useful to improve quality of life and reduce pain in patients with low back pain. Therefore, pain physicians can recommend dry sauna therapy as an alternative and complimentary therapy for patients with low back pain.
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