Comparison of seaweed pack and mudpack as treatment for knee osteoarthritis: a prospective randomized controlled study
- Authors
- 이상희; 한지훈; 이성재; 조휘영; 백정흠; 김재균
- Issue Date
- Mar-2019
- Publisher
- 물리치료재활과학회
- Keywords
- Climatotherapy; Knee; Mud therapy; Osteoarthritis; Seaweed therapy
- Citation
- Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science, v.8, no.1, pp.22 - 31
- Journal Title
- Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 22
- End Page
- 31
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/26514
- DOI
- 10.14474/ptrs.2019.8.1.22
- ISSN
- 2287-7576
- Abstract
- Objective: For knee osteoarthritis (OA), there is a demand for alternative modalities in order to delay surgery and to avoid the side effects of medications. This study compared the effects of applying seaweed pack and mudpack for the treatment of knee OA.
Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Methods: Twenty-five patients with knee OA who satisfied the criteria were included. The patients were divided into two groups according to the treatment method: mudpack (n=12) and seaweed pack (n=13). The two groups were treated for 20 minutes, twice a day for five continuous days at the Ocean Healing Center at Wando Island, South Korea. Participants were assessed by clinical scores (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Hospital for Special Surgery Knee Score, Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey) and lab results (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, insulin-like growth factor-1 [IGF-1], tumor necrosis factor-α [TNF-α]) during the follow-up period.
Results: For the most part, clinical scores improved after therapy and maintained improvements for four weeks in both groups (p<0.05). In the seaweed group, TNF-α was significantly decreased at two weeks post-therapy (p<0.05). In both groups, IGF-1 was significantly increased immediately post-therapy (p<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences after therapy between the groups in clinical scores and labs.
Conclusions: Seaweed packs and mudpacks had similar positive effects for knee OA. Additionally, the seaweed pack group showed decreased levels of TNF-α at two weeks post-treatment, which may explain the reduced inflammatory reaction. For rehabilitation therapy, use of seaweed packs may serve as an alternative modality for the treatment of knee OA.
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