Bernd Minnich, Gerald Obermair, Stephen Deacon

Chronobiology and Chronic Rheumatism

Effects of Radon-Balneotherapy and Melatonin Treatment within Chronic Arthrosis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Reports of the Research Institute / Berichte des Forschungsinstituts Gastein-Tauernregion 4
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 37502
• Neuausg.
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9783631375020
• ISBN-10: 3631375026
• Artikelnr.: 25666281

Autorenporträt

The Authors: Bernd Minnich is Assistant Professor at the Department of Vascular- and Performance Biology at the University of Salzburg, Austria.
Gerald J. Obermair has graduated at the Institute of Zoology at the University of Salzburg and attends a Ph.D. program at the Department of Physiology and Balneology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Stephen Deacon is Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the King's College School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, GB.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents : Chronobiology: an Introduction - Forms of Rheumatism: an Introduction - The determination of circadian rhythm disorders in patients with chronic rheumatism: the effects of radon-balneotherapy and Melatonin.