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Trial reportRheumatology international2007

Effects of mud-bath treatment on fibromyalgia patients: a randomized clinical trial.

Antonella Fioravanti, Giuseppe Perpignano, Giuseppe Tirri, Gabriella Cardinale, Chiara Gianniti, Cosima Elvira Lanza, Antonello Loi, Enrico Tirri, Paolo Sfriso, Franco Cozzi

4 registry-linked trialsAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Rheumatology international, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

NCT00773682 phase4completednot on this mapstarted 2008, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy and Tolerability of Mud Packs Therapy in Osteoarthritis of the Hands: a One Year Follow-up

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of SienaRan2008 to 2010Enrolled60ConditionsOsteoarthritisArmslocal mud-pack therapy and balneotherapy
NCT02265029 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of Spa Therapy in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia : a Randomized, Controlled, Open Multicenter Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorAssociation Francaise pour la Recherche ThermaleRan2014 to 2018Enrolled220ConditionsFibromyalgia, Rheumatism, MuscularArmsImmediate spa treatment, Late spa treatment
NCT02406313 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Efficiency of a Therapeutic Education Program in Standardized Thermal Cure for Fibromyalgia Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorAssociation Francaise pour la Recherche ThermaleRan2015 to 2018Enrolled152ConditionsFibromyalgiaArmsCTS, ETP
NCT02548065 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy and Tolerability of Balneotherapy With Mineral Water Named" Debole of Vetriolo" in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FS): A Randomized Double Blind Controlled Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria SeneseRan2015 to 2017Enrolled100ConditionsFibromyalgia SyndromeArmsBalneotherapy, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Therapeutic Patient Education for Fibromyalgia during Spa Therapy: The FiETT Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. Peloids as Thermotherapeutic Agents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Antonella FioravantiDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Immunogical Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Giuseppe Perpignano
Giuseppe Tirri
Gabriella Cardinale
Chiara Gianniti
Cosima Elvira Lanza
Antonello Loi
Enrico Tirri
Paolo Sfriso
Franco Cozzi
University of Padua · ITUniversity of Siena · ITUniversity of Cagliari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of balneotherapy in fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) has been well demonstrated, while controlled studies using mud packs are lacking. We performed a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects and the tolerability of mud-bath treatment in FS patients, who are poor responders to pharmacological therapy. Eighty patients with primary FS, according to ACR criteria, were randomly allocated to two groups: 40 were submitted to a cycle of 12 mud packs and thermal baths, and 40 were considered as controls. At baseline, after thermal treatment and after 16 weeks, patients were evaluated by FIQ, tender points count, VAS for "minor" symptoms, AIMS1 and HAQ. Control patients were assessed at the same time periods. A significant improvement of all evaluation parameters after mud-bath therapy and after 16 weeks was observed. Mud packs were well tolerated and no drop-outs were recorded. Our results suggest the efficacy and the tolerability of mud-bath treatment in primary FS.

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Mud TherapyFemaleFibromyalgiaHealth StatusHot TemperatureHumansMaleMiddle AgedPainPain ManagementPain MeasurementSickness Impact ProfileSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment Outcome

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PMID17520260
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