ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021
Spa therapy interventions for post respiratory rehabilitation in COVID-19 subjects: does the review of recent evidence suggest a role?
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Spa Rehabilitation, Antioxidant and Bioenergetic Supportive Treatment of Patients With Post-Covid-19 Syndrome
Effects of Sulfurous Thermal Waters Inhalations on Long-COVID Syndrome: a Double-blinded, Interventional, Randomized Case-control, Pilot Study on a Spa Centered Rehab Program
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence-based balneotherapy in Hungary. Updated systematic review and meta-analysis of the Hungarian clinical trials.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Pooled it
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- Health Resort Treatment Mitigates Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Long COVID Patients: A Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Balance rehabilitation and Long Covid syndrome: effectiveness of thermal water treatment vs. home-based program.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Use of speleotherapy in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Thermal Water Reduces the Inflammatory Process Induced by the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in Human Airway Epithelial Cells In Vitro.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Health Resort Treatment Improves Functioning and Physical Performance in Long COVID Patients: A Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Long COVID Cardiopulmonary Symptoms and Health Resort Treatment: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of Spa Therapy on Symptoms and Quality of Life in Post-COVID-19 Patients with Chronic Conditions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Towards More Precise Targeting of Inhaled Aerosols to Different Areas of the Respiratory System.Pharmaceutics · 2024Review
- Relying on the French territorial offer of thermal spa therapies to build a care pathway for long COVID-19 patients.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Potential Role of Spa Therapy in Managing Frailty in Rheumatic Patients: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mineral water inhalations for bronchial asthma: a meta-analysis.European journal of translational myology · 2023Article
- Long-term outcomes of different rehabilitation programs in patients with long COVID syndrome: a cohort prospective study.European journal of translational myology · 2023Article
- Can aquatic exercises contribute to the improvement of the gait stereotype function in patients with Long COVID outcomes?European journal of translational myology · 2022Article
- Health management of patients with COVID-19: is there a room for hydrotherapeutic approaches?International journal of biometeorology · 2022Review
- Reduced platelet mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation in patients with post COVID-19 syndrome are regenerated after spa rehabilitation and targeted ubiquinol therapy.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pulmonary rehabilitation is essential in post-COVID subjects, reporting respiratory impairment after the discharge from the hospital. Because the number of patients with respiratory outcomes is high and there are few facilities available, we wonder if a spa setting could represent a valid out-of-hospital alternative. We aim to explore recent evidence related to respiratory rehabilitation in the spa environment to understand if it can represent an appropriate setting for respiratory rehabilitation interventions in post-COVID subjects. Studies were found by screening PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar databases from 2011 up to February 2021. Studies were eligible if they were reviews, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), or clinical trials, investigating respiratory interventions in the spa environment. Recent evidence has shown that inhalations and mineral-rich water immersions are effective in fighting and preventing multiple chronic respiratory tract diseases. Therefore, these treatments could also be applied to post-COVID patients with medium long-term respiratory outcomes.
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