Chronobiology and Chronic Rheumatism
Effects of Radon-Balneotherapy and Melatonin Treatment within Chronic Arthrosis
©2001
Monographs
188 Pages
Summary
The first part of the book introduces basic principles of chronobiology and forms of rheumatic diseases to the reader.
In the second part, the results of a clinical trial are presented. The aim of this study was to determine, for the first time, the extent of circadian rhythm disturbances in patients suffering from degenerative joint diseases, namely chronic arthrosis. Biorhythmical entraining effects of the patients’ physical and mental conditions were observed after a three-week radon-balneotherapy and complimentary Melatonin treatment in the Bad Gastein health spa which is situated in the Austrian alps.
In the second part, the results of a clinical trial are presented. The aim of this study was to determine, for the first time, the extent of circadian rhythm disturbances in patients suffering from degenerative joint diseases, namely chronic arthrosis. Biorhythmical entraining effects of the patients’ physical and mental conditions were observed after a three-week radon-balneotherapy and complimentary Melatonin treatment in the Bad Gastein health spa which is situated in the Austrian alps.
Details
- Pages
- 188
- Year
- 2001
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631375020
- Language
- English
- Published
- Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2001. 188 pp., num. fig. and tab.
