ArticleScientific reports2018
Preventive and promotive effects of habitual hot spa-bathing on the elderly in Japan.
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- Effects of bathing in different hot spring types on Japanese gut microbiota.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Night-time hot spring bathing is associated with improved blood pressure control: A mobile application and paper questionnaire study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Night-Time Hot Spring Bathing Is Associated with a Lower Systolic Blood Pressure among Japanese Older Adults: A Single-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Could Heat Therapy Be an Effective Treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases? A Narrative Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
- Habitual hot water bathing protects cardiovascular function in middle-aged to elderly Japanese subjects.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Although body-warming with hot spa-bathing has been proposed to exert medical therapeutic effects on certain diseases, whether body-warming has preventive and promotive effects remains unknown. To clarify this issue, an epidemiological questionnaire study regarding personal hot spa-bathing habits and disease history was carried out in Japan, where individuals engage in daily warm water bathing. Questionnaires regarding hot spa-bathing habits and disease history were randomly sent to 20,000 residents aged ≥65 years living in Beppu, a city in Japan that has the highest concentration of hot spa sources in the world. The results showed that habitual hot spa-bathing exerts preventive or promotive effects on the occurrence of certain diseases, such as hypertension (preventive) and collagen disease (promotive) in women, and cardiovascular diseases (preventive) and colon cancer survival (promotive) in men. These findings suggest that habitual body warming is an effective and economical method with beneficial preventive and promotive effects on various diseases.
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