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Trial reportRheumatology international2006

Balneotherapy and tap water therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

Merih Yurtkuran, Mustafa Yurtkuran, Alev Alp, Aşkin Nasircilar, Umit Bingöl, Lale Altan, Gülnazik Sarpdere

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Rheumatology international, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01920360 (Study of the Effects of Immersion Baths in Sulphurous Water in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01920360 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2011, after this paper: background citation

Study of the Effects of Immersion Baths in Sulphurous Water in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFederal University of São PauloRan2011 to 2013Enrolled140ConditionsKNEE OSTEOARTHRITISArmsSULPHUROUS WATERS IMMERSION BATHS, NOT SULPHUROUS WATERS IMMERSION BATHS, CONTROL GROUP
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  13. Challenges of blinding in clinical balneology trials: a scoping review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025
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  16. Heat therapy for different knee diseases: expert opinion.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Merih YurtkuranUludag University Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, 16080, Bursa, Turkey. merihcan@hotmail.com
Mustafa Yurtkuran
Alev Alp
Aşkin Nasircilar
Umit Bingöl
Lale Altan
Gülnazik Sarpdere
Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇ · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate if spa water is superior to tap water (TW) in relieving the symptoms of pain, joint motion, life quality in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients. In this randomized placebo-controlled trial, 52 patients with KOA were followed in two groups. In group I (n = 27), patients were treated in the pool full of spa water at 37 degrees C for 20 min a day, 5 days a week, for a period of 2 weeks. In group II (n = 25), the same protocol was used but spa water was replaced by TW heated to 37 degrees C. Patients in both groups were given a home-based standardized exercise program. Evaluation parameters were pain (pVAS), tenderness score (TS), 50-ft walking duration, quadriceps muscle strength (QMS), active flexion degree (AFD), WOMAC OA index, and Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). The first evaluation was done after the informed consent was obtained. Second and third evaluations were done at the 2nd and 12th week. PVAS, 50-ft walking duration, AFD, TS, WOMAC, and NHP variables improved in group I. Same variables except QMS improved also in group II. Comparison of the groups just after treatment showed that only pVAS (P = 0.015), NHP pain score (P = 0.020), and TS (P = 0.002) differed significantly in favor of group I at the 2nd or 12th week. Both of the thermal treatment modalities were found to be effective in the management of the clinical symptoms and quality of life in KOA patients. However, pain and tenderness improved statistically better with balneotherapy. There were no significant differences between the groups for the other variables.

Indexed as

AdultAgedArthralgiaBalneologyFemaleHumansHydrotherapyMaleMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthOsteoarthritis, KneeQuality of LifeRange of Motion, ArticularTreatment OutcomeWalking

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PMID16832639
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