Osteoporosis (OP) represents the most common metabolic bone disease, characterized by the shrinkage in bone mass and the destruction of bone quality, thus conferring a higher risk for micro-fractures and injuries. The goal of treatment in OP is to grow-up the bone mineral density of the skeleton and to increase resorption of formed bone, due to improving the quality life of patients. The methods are diverse, such as medications, conservative measures, weight reduction, physical and occupational therapy, mechanical support devices and surgery. This paper presents a balneal-conservative treatment of patients diagnosed with OP from Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital of Felix Spa. The treatment is complex and involves balneal-physical-kinetic therapy or balneal-physical-kinetic recovery treatment, which must be periodical repeated every six months to obtain good results. The study has been applied to two separate groups of patients with OP between 2009–2011. The first group of 100 subjects, presented clinical symptomatology, as pain of variable types like backaches, fragility fractures or deformation of bone shape that resulted from fractures or alterations of weakens bones. A second group of 80 subjects, received the balneal-rehabilitation treatment combined, or not with physical exercises. DEXA and SF-36 scores, using statistical analysis, performed the evaluation of OP treatment. The results of experiment emphasized the efficiency of balneal-rehabilitation treatment applied patients with OP. The future research will be focused upon the implementation of vibration therapy with balneal-conservative treatment on patients with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis to reduce the therapy time and improving the quality life of patients.
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ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 9–15, 2012
Houston, Texas, USA
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Benefic Effect of Conservative Treatments on Patients Diagnosed With Osteoporosis
Petru A. Pop,
Petru A. Pop
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
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Liviu Lazar,
Liviu Lazar
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
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Florin M. Marcu
Florin M. Marcu
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
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Petru A. Pop
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
Liviu Lazar
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
Florin M. Marcu
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
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IMECE2012-86748, pp. 63-69; 7 pages
Published Online:
October 8, 2013
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Pop, PA, Lazar, L, & Marcu, FM. "Benefic Effect of Conservative Treatments on Patients Diagnosed With Osteoporosis." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 2: Biomedical and Biotechnology. Houston, Texas, USA. November 9–15, 2012. pp. 63-69. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2012-86748
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