@article{4d7040dc2b9449178b95275cb86a4898,
title = "Improvement of Pain Symptoms in Musculoskeletal Diseases After Multimodal Spa Therapy in the Austrian Gastein Valley-A Study Based on Longitudinal Registry Data",
abstract = "Objective: The study aim was to investigate the course of pain in rest and motion in seven different rheumatic diseases (RMD), prior and after multimodal spa therapy including low-dose radon treatment and at 3-, 6-; and 9-month follow up. Methods: Complete data from the radon indication registry including information on 561 subjects with RMD were analysed to explore the association of timepoint of measurement with pain in rest and motion. For this purpose, linear regression models adjusted for RMD-type, age, sex and body mass index (BMI) were applied. Results: The mean age of the sample was 55 years, the average body mass index was 26.8, and 275 subjects were women. Pain scores were significantly improved at all-time points compared to baseline. Pain courses were different for each RMD with the largest improvement seen in fibromyalgia. Conclusion: Timing spa facility visits according to RMD-specific pain courses may result in sustained pain reduction.",
keywords = "RHEUMATIC-DISEASES, RADON, METAANALYSIS, PERCEPTION, Pain/complications, Humans, Middle Aged, Routinely Collected Health Data, Male, Radon/therapeutic use, Musculoskeletal Diseases/complications, Austria/epidemiology, Female",
author = "{van der Zee-Neuen}, Antje and Julia Fuchs and S Wildburger and Martin Gaisberger and M Kloppenburg and A Fioravanti and T Stamm and M Offenbaecher and R Radlmueller and W Foisner and B Hoelzl and Markus Ritter",
note = "Lehr-KH St. Veit im Pongau: Offenbaecher, Hoelzl: Department of Internal Medicine, Landesklinik St. Veit im Pongau, SALK, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; van der Zee-neuen, Fuchs, Wildburger, Gaisberger, Ritter: Center for Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; Gastein Research Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria; van der Zee-neuen, Fuchs, Wildburger, Ritter: Center for Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Institute for Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Nuremberg, Germany; van der Zee-neuen: Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria",
year = "2023",
month = jun,
day = "8",
doi = "10.3389/ijph.2023.1605931",
language = "English",
volume = "68",
pages = "1605931",
journal = "INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH",
issn = "1661-8556",
}