Effect of electro‑acupuncture, massage, mud, and sauna therapies in patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
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2015-10
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A 48‑year‑old married woman diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2007, came to our hospital in July 2014 with
the complaint of severe pain and swelling over multiple joints, especially over small joints, which was associated with
stiffness (more in morning), deformities of fingers and toes, with disturbed sleep and poor quality of life (QOL) for the past
7 years. She received a combination of electro acupuncture (14 sessions), massage (18 sessions), mud (18 sessions),
and sauna (3 sessions) (EMMS) therapies for 30‑min, 45‑min, 30‑min, and 15‑min per session, respectively for 3 weeks.
During and postintervention assessment showed reduction in visual analog scale score for pain, Depression Anxiety and
Stress Scales and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores. It also showed an increase in the scores of 10‑Meter Walk
Test, isometric hand‑grip test, and short form‑36 version‑2 health survey. This result suggest that, the EMMS therapy might
be considered as an effective treatments in reducing pain, depression, anxiety, and stress with improvement in physical
functions, quality of sleep and QOL in patient with RA. EMMS therapies were tolerated and no side effects were reported
by the patient. Though the results are encouraging, further studies are required with larger sample size and advanced
inflammatory markers.
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Electro‑acupuncture, massage, mud therapy, rheumatoid arthritis, sauna therapy
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Shetty Geetha B, Mooventhan A, Anagha N. Effect of electro‑acupuncture, massage, mud, and sauna therapies in patient with rheumatoid arthritis.Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2015 Oct-Dec; 6(4): 295-299.