Open AccessEffects of natural factors of Niska Banja spa on indexes of mobility of vertebral column in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Author(s) -
J. Nedovic,
Bojana Stamenković,
Simona Stojanović,
Aleksandra Stanković,
Aleksandar Dimić
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0904175n
Subject(s) - medicine , ankylosing spondylitis , statistical significance , balneotherapy , vertebral column , spondylitis , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Ankylosing spondilitis (AS) is a disease from a group of seronegative spondyloarthropathies with the prevalence of 0.1% affecting mainly young males, which also gives sociomedical significance to the disease. Among all inflammatory arthropathies, AS is the most suitable for balneotherapy. Thermomineral water of the Niska Banja spa is homeothermic, oligomineral, alkaline, low radioactive radon water and also, in conjunction with mineral peloid, is considered to be optimal for this indication.