Possibilities of the Treatment of Osteoporosis (OP) by Physical and Balneo Therapy - Pilot Study

摘要

In this study, we set out to investigate if there is an effect of a specific physical modality and/or balneo therapy on osteoporosis i.e. if there are any changes in BMD (i.e. T-score) due to administering of those two specific therapies. So far this study has included 190 patients, both male and female, all of which were diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis. Most patients in this study were exposed to substitution therapies, but they differ in therapy and balneo treatment used. During a six months period two cycles of fifteen to eighteen physical therapy procedures were administered. BMD and T-score were measured before the initial treatment as well as after the second therapy cycle (peripheral DEXA). The patients were divided as follows into five groups: 1) Control group, without any physical therapy, 2) Horizontal Therapy (HT) 3) HT + Peloid, 4) Peloid, 5) Magnetic Therapy + Peloid. The results clearly demonstrate that there is a tendency of BMD and T-score growth, which is highly statistically significant in the HT + peloid group, and statistically significant for BMD growth in the HT group.