NCT01956318

Crenobalneotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Crenobalneotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency. A Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre de Recherche Rhumatologique et Thermal · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

At 3 months, crenobalneotherapy session is superior to waiting list for patients with chronic venous insufficiency.

Conditions

• Balneology

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Crenobalneotherapy	18 days of balneotherapy session in 3 weeks. Each day, the treatment associates 4 techniques: Kneipp Therapy, walking pool, underwater massage, bath tub and finishing with 20 minutes of rest in the Trendelendburg position. Kneipp Therapy is an alternating warm (28°C) and cold (14°C) shower on the legs during 10 minutes. Walking pool is a 60 cm deep pool at 23°C with underwater shower where patients are walking without stopping during 10 minutes. Underwater massage is realized by a senior physiotherapist. It starts at the feet and gradually rises to the thighs during 10 minutes. Bath tub is underwater shower at 30°C. It also starts at the feet and gradually rises to the thighs during 20 minutes. The interventions are standardized by timers. Adherence to each technique is supervised before each session in the usual manner for each patient treated in the spa center.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-02-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2013-10-08
• Last updated: 2013-10-08