Comparison of the Clinical Effect on Common Low Back Pain of a Thermal Cure With Dry Rehabilitation

The thermal treatment and physical rehabilitation therapy were administered at the same spa center of Jbal EL Ouest, situated to the west of the city of Zaghouan, 50 km from Tunis. Patients were accommodated in the care center for 18 days. Treatments were delivered in the morning on a daily basis, except on Sundays. The thermal treatment used hot, chlorinated and sodium water. Every day, the patients received 4 out of the 5 following treatments: underwater showers (15 minutes), shower-massage (10 minutes), hydromassage (20 minutes), swimming pool rehabilitation (20 minutes) and application of heated peloid (15 minutes).

The thermal treatment and physical rehabilitation therapy were administered at the same spa center of Jbal EL Ouest, situated to the west of the city of Zaghouan, 50 km from Tunis. Patients were accommodated in the care center for 18 days. Treatments were delivered in the morning on a daily basis, except on Sundays. The physical rehabilitation treatment was delivered in dry and included an analgesic physiotherapy based on electrotherapy (30 minutes) and muscle strengthening, as well as group rehabilitation.