ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
One-year effectiveness of a 3-week balneotherapy program for the treatment of overweight or obesity.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03912623 (Evaluation of the Benefit at 6 Months of a 3 Weeks Spa Treatment in the Type 2 Diabetic Patient. Multicenter Randomized Therapeutic Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Benefit at 6 Months of a 3 Weeks Spa Treatment in the Type 2 Diabetic Patient. Multicenter Randomized Therapeutic Trial
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Spa therapy (balneotherapy) relieves mental stress, sleep disorder, and general health problems in sub-healthy people.International journal of biometeorology · 2018Trial
- Outcomes from a three-arm randomized controlled trial of frequent immersion in thermoneutral water on cardiovascular risk factors.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Trial
- Clinical and biochemical effects of a 3-week program of diet combined with spa therapy in obese and diabetic patients: a pilot open study.International journal of biometeorology · 2015Trial
- Social Networks in French Balneotherapy: A Focus on Spa Doctors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- It is not just balneotherapy; it is spa therapy consisting of balneological treatments including balneotherapy as well.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
- Importance of the duration of treatment in Balneotherapy.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
- The effect of balneotherapy on body mass index, adipokine levels, sleep disturbances, and quality of life of women with morbid obesity.International journal of biometeorology · 2020Article
- Balneotherapy and hydrotherapy in chronic respiratory disease.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Review
- Effect of a 21-day balneotherapy program on blood cell counts, ponogen levels, and blood biochemical indexes in servicemen in sub-health condition.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
- CRP, but not TNF-α or IL-6, decreases after weight loss in patients with morbid obesity exposed to intensive weight reduction and balneological treatment.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2015Article
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Abstract
Objective. To assess the one-year effectiveness on weight loss of a 3-week balneotherapy program (BT). Method. A Zelen double consent randomised controlled trial to compare one-year BMI loss between a 3-week BT program versus usual care (UC) for overweight or obese patients (BMI: 27-35 kg/m(2)), associated or not with a dietary motivational interview (DMI) during the follow-up, using a 2 × 2 factorial design. Main analysis was a per protocol analysis comparing patients attending BT to patients managed by UC, matched on sex, overweight or obese status, DMI randomisation and a propensity score to attend BT or to be managed by UC. Results. From the 257 patients who completed the follow-up, 70 patients of each group could be matched. Mean BMI loss was 1.91 kg/m(2) [95%CI: 1.46; 2.35] for the BT patients and 0.20 kg/m(2) [-0.24; 0.64] for the UC patients (P < 0.001), corresponding to a significant BT benefit of 1.71 kg/m(2) [1.08; 2.33]. There was no significant effect of DMI and no interaction with BT or UC. No adverse reaction was observed for patients attending BT. Conclusion. A 3-week BT program provided a significant one-year benefit over the usual GP dietary advice for overweight and obese patients.
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