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Christoph Gutenbrunner

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PubMed2006

Magnesium absorption from mineral waters of different magnesium content in healthy subjects.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the absorption of magnesium (Mg) from mineral waters of different Mg content in comparison to low mineralized water and a Mg capsule. MATERIALS AND METHODS DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, double- blind trial in a crossover design with an additional control with a Mg capsule. SETTING: Institute of Balneology and Medical Climatology, Medical School of Hanover, Germany. SUBJECTS: 22 healthy male volunteers aged between 23-46 years. INTERVENTION: After a standardized breakfast, each participant received, in Latin square order, 500 ml of either of two Mg-rich mineral waters (281 or 120 mg/l). As a control condition, a mineral water of low Mg content (8 mg/l) was used. A Mg capsule (Magnesium-Diasporal 150, Protina, Ismaning, Germany) was used for further comparisons. RESULTS: Changes in serum Mg levels in the first 4 hours after intake differed significantly between the groups (p = 0.030; ANOVA). Mean values differed between the Mg-rich mineral water conditions and the control conditions though did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.055), however, mean values did not differ between the test waters and the capsule (p = 0.338). CONCLUSION: Magnesium from mineral waters can easily be absorbed and its absorption rate is similar to that from a pharmaceutical Mg preparation.

Adult↗
PubMed2006

[How relevant are the benefits for participation at working life for psychosomatic inpatient rehabilitation].

Beside the stabilization of the health status the reintegration into employment are the main ambitions of the medical rehabilitation. Thereby occupational rehabilitation plays an important role in the rehabilitation system. To recommend occupational rehabilitation physicians have to know the requirements patients have to comply with. In addition formal conditions of the medical report upon discharge have to be accomplish that benefits for participation at working life will be provided by the pension insurance. In our study the differences of the amount of recommendation for occupational rehabilitation and the appraisal of the ability to work in the medical reports upon discharge of psychosomatic and orthopaedic patients are examined. The results show that psychosomatic patients achieved significantly less recommendations for occupational rehabilitation than orthopaedic patients. At the same time more psychosomatic patients who achieved the recommendation didn't claim benefits for participation at working life. In addition orthopaedic patients get a rehabilitation approval certification more often than psychosomatic patients. At the same time it appears that maybe the recommending clinics were insecure about the connection between the occupational capacity assessment and the recommendations for benefits for participation at work life. The outcomes presume that work place problems in medical rehabilitation are not taken into consideration adequately.

Employment↗
PubMed2004

Hydrotherapy, balneotherapy, and spa treatment in pain management.

The use of water for medical treatment is probably as old as mankind. Until the middle of the last century, spa treatment, including hydrotherapy and balneotherapy, remained popular but went into decline especially in the Anglo-Saxon world with the development of effective analgesics. However, no analgesic, regardless of its potency, is capable of eliminating pain, and reports of life-threatening adverse reactions to the use of these drugs led to renewed interest in spa therapy. Because of methodologic difficulties and lack of research funding, the effects of 'water treatments' in the relief of pain have rarely been subjected to rigorous assessment by randomised, controlled trials. It is our opinion that the three therapeutic modalities must be considered separately, and this was done in the present paper. In addition, we review the research on the mechanism of action and cost effectiveness of such treatments and examine what research might be useful in the future.

Balneology↗
PubMed2004

ICF Core Sets for osteoarthritis.

OBJECTIVE: To report on the results of the consensus process integrating evidence from preliminary studies to develop the first version of a Comprehensive ICF Core Set and a Brief ICF Core Set for osteoarthritis. METHODS: A formal decision-making and consensus process integrating evidence gathered from preliminary studies was followed. Preliminary studies included a Delphi exercise, a systematic review, and an empirical data collection. After training in the ICF and based on these preliminary studies relevant ICF categories were identified in a formal consensus process by international experts from different backgrounds. RESULTS: The preliminary studies identified a set of 388 ICF categories at the second, third, and fourth ICF levels with 144 categories on body functions, 49 on body structures; 165 on activities and participation, and 43 on environmental factors. Seventeen experts from 7 different countries attended the consensus conference on osteoarthritis. Altogether 55 second-level categories were included in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set with 13 categories from the component body functions, 6 from body structures, 19 from activities and participation, and 17 from environmental factors. The Brief ICF Core Set included a total of 13 second-level categories (3 on body functions, 3 on body structures, 3 on activities and participation, and 4 on environmental factors). CONCLUSION: A formal consensus process integrating evidence and expert opinion based on the ICF framework and classification led to the definition of ICF Core Sets for osteoarthritis. Both the Comprehensive ICF Core Set and the Brief ICF Core Set were defined.

Activities of Daily Living↗