ArticleInternational journal of biometeorology2020
Rehabilitation in an Italian thermal setting: a new therapeutic strategy for patients with musculoskeletal disability-the results of an Italian survey.
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Abstract
Traditionally, in the past, patients with musculoskeletal diseases visit the spa centers (Salus per aquam) for traditional treatments, including mud therapy, or for holiday. Spas have begun to offer, as the only means of treatment, rehabilitation therapy for patients with musculoskeletal disabilities alone or in association with other traditional thermal therapies. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a recent survey on Italian thermal centers conducted by a section of "Rehabilitation in the Thermal Environment" of the Italian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The study investigated the current diffusion, type, and overall quality of rehabilitation treatments performed at the Italian spas. The survey requested information from 174 centers, but only 132 responded by returning the completed questionnaire. Eighty-nine percent of the centers offered rehabilitation therapy for orthopedic-rheumatological diseases, including post-operative conditions (after hip or knee replacement), 37% offered rehabilitation therapy for neurological diseases and 10% rehabilitation for lymph-vascular conditions. Seventy-one percent employed a multidisciplinary team (which included a physiatrist, a physiotherapist, and other figures such as a hydrologist or rheumatologist). The rehabilitative approach generally included therapeutic exercises (land or aquatic therapies), instrumental physical therapies (ultrasounds, electrotherapy, LASER-therapy, and others), and, less frequently, health education and preventive measures. The survey did not investigate respiratory or nasopharyngeal diseases. In conclusion, the results of this survey suggest that rehabilitation, performed in the thermal environment, could be a new opportunity to treat many musculoskeletal disabilities.
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