Is thalassotherapy simply a type of climatotherapy?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Climatotherapy in marine and dead sea environments for musculoskeletal and rheumatologic conditions: a systematic review of effectiveness and safety.International journal of biometeorology · 2026
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2. Clinical efficacy of medical hydrology: an umbrella review.International journal of biometeorology · 2021
   Pooled it
3. Efficacy of aquatic therapy for neck pain: a systematic review.International journal of biometeorology · 2020
   Pooled it
4. Standardized Thalassotherapy Versus Conventional Rehabilitation in Post-Traumatic Patients: Clinical, Biochemical, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5. The therapeutic potential of thalassotherapy for enhancing well-being and reducing pharmaceutical costs in individuals with disabilities.Frontiers in psychology · 2025
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6. Defining a new perspective in Environmental Health: the healing environment.International journal of biometeorology · 2022
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7. Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Two-Week Course of Aquatic Therapy and Thalassotherapy in a Mild Post-Stroke Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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Corrections and comments

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  A proposal for a worldwide definition of health resort medicine, balneology, medical hydrology and climatology.2010

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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