• Jadwiga Kuciel-Lewandowska, Michał Kasperczak, Bożena Bogut, Roman Heider, Wojciech T Laber, Wojciech Laber, and Małgorzata Paprocka-Borowicz.
• Department of Physiotherapy, Medical University of Wrocław, Poland.
• Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2020 Jan 1; 2020: 8423105.

AbstractIntroduction. Oxygen, reacting with organic compounds in living organisms, oxidizes them without being completely reduced due to numerous exogenous as well as endogenous factors. As a consequence, free radicals or reactive oxygen species are formed. Health resort-based balneophysiotherapy is a comprehensive therapeutic intervention that triggers positive therapeutic effects within the entire system. Material and Methods. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of health resort-based balneophysiotherapy on the levels of nonenzymatic endogenous antioxidants in patients with degenerative motor organ diseases, as well as to determine potential correlation of these changes with free radical-mediated processes. Observation was carried out in patients undergoing health resort therapy as part of 21-day stay periods. The study population consisted of n = 110 patients with articular and spinal pains due to degenerative diseases or discopathies.Copyright © 2020 Jadwiga Kuciel-Lewandowska et al.

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