Tag: Łukasz B. Lewandowski

Assessment of the influence of comprehensive spa therapy with therapeutic radon waters on hemoglobin levels: preliminary study

Jadwiga Kuciel-Lewandowska, Łukasz B. Lewandowski, Agata Trafalska, Wojciech Laber, Krzysztof Szarejko, Joanna Kuć, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz

J. Kuciel-Lewandowska, Ł. B. Lewandowski, A. Trafalska, W. Laber, K. Szarejko, J. Kuć, K. Aleksandrowicz – Assessment of the influence of comprehensive spa therapy with therapeutic radon waters on hemoglobin levels: preliminary study. Fizjoterapia Polska 2019; 19(1); 86-96

Abstract
Introduction. Balneotherapy is a complex therapeutic treatment. Radon treatment is a widely used procedure in musculoskeletal disorders. Clinical evaluation proves this form of therapy to be very beneficial for health. The evaluation of metabolic changes resulting from the influence of balneo treatments with radon waters is difficult to interpret and gives rise to many controversies.
Aim. The aim here was to evaluate changes in the hemoglobin level in patients undergoing complex spa treatment, and the effect of low doses of ionizing radiation from radon waters.
Materials and methods. The study group was comprised of patients undergoing complex spa treatment with radon water, peloid therapy, exercise therapy and kinezytherapyduring a twenty-one day rehabilitation stay. Hemoglobin levels were measured prior to therapy and after eighteen days of treatment. Research was comprised of n = 35 patients (24 female and 11 male) suffering from peripheral and spinal joint pain caused by degenerative disease or disc herniation. Age ranged from 47 – 63 years, and the mean age was 56.5. The control group consisted of fifteen subjects (9 male and 6 female) between the ages of 50 and 62 and the mean age of 54.2. Both groups were subject to the same inclusion and exclusion criteria and test procedures.
Results. There were no statistically significant changes between the research and control group in regard to hemoglobin levels. The results were not statistically significant when compared between the two study groups.
Conclusions. 1. The comprehensive spa treatment with peloid therapy, exercise therapy, kinezytherapy and low doses of ionizing radiation from radon waters did not affect the concentration of hemoglobin. 2. Future research should investigate a larger population and separate the elements of spa therapy.

Key words:
DDH, developmental hip dysplasia, pediatrics, newborns, hip joint

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Evaluation of total antioxidant status in patients subject to spa treatments

Jadwiga Kuciel-Lewandowska, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz, Roman Heider, Bożena Bogut, Łukasz B. Lewandowski, Krzysztof Szarejko, Małgorzata Paprocka-Borowicz

J. Kuciel-Lewandowska, K. Aleksandrowicz, R. Heider, B. Bogut, Ł. B. Lewandowski, K. Szarejko, M. Paprocka-Borowicz. Evaluation of total antioxidant status in patients subject to spa treatments. FP 2017; 17(3); 82-89

Abstract

Introduction Beneficial therapeutic results can be achieved by the use of exercise therapy, kinesiotherapy and low doses of ionizing radiation. Such treatment decreases pain, increases physical capacity and fitness, and stimulates the immune system. An increase in the antioxidant capacity of the body is also one of the positive changes.
Aim This research aimed to evaluate the effect of spa treatment on the antioxidant capacity of the body.
Materials and methods Research was comprised of 120 patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the limbs and spine. The first group were treated in the Przerzeczyn-Zdroj spa, and therapy lasted 21 days. Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) was measured prior to therapy and after 18 days of treatment. The trials were non-randomized, and 85 subjects were evaluated. Group B, assessed in Świeradów, was comprised of 34 patients. The subjects underwent comprehensive therapy with the use of medicinal radon and radon-sulphide water. The results were statistically analyzed.
Results The research confirmed the body’s sensitivity to antioxidant capacity when undergoing spa therapy. There was an increase in values of TAS concentration in both groups.
Conclusions Research proved the beneficial influence of spa therapy on the total increase of the antioxidant capacity of the body.
2. Changes in TAS concentration observed in the examined groups led to the conclusion that the changes resulted from comprehensive spa treatment.

Key words:

Spa therapy, radiation homeostasis, radon, osteoarthritis of the limbs and spine, TAS

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