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Effects of physical therapy on patients with Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet

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A clinical trial of physical therapy treatment for patients suffering from Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) has been carried out in Tibet. One-hundred and thirty-five patients with Kashin-Beck disease were allocated to either physical therapy (72 patients) or prescription of multivitamins (63 patients). The patients were followed for 4 years. This study suggested a beneficial effect of physical treatment.

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Un traitement de kinésithérapie a été proposé à des patients souffrant de la maladie de Kashin-Beck (KBD) au Tibet. 135 patients souffrant de la maladie de Kashin-Beck ont été suivi durant 4 ans. 72 d'entre eux ont bénéficié d'un traitement de kinésithérapie tandis que 63 patients n'ont reçu que des multivitamines. Les conclusions de cette étude suggèrent un effet bénéfique du traitement de kinésithérapie.

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  1. Médecins Sans Frontières, Département Médical, rue Dupré, 94, 1090 Brussels, Belgium

    F. Mathieu

  2. Section of Epidemiology, Scientific Institute of Public Health – Louis Pasteur, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Suetens

  3. Médecins Sans Frontières, Lhasa, Tibet, Autonomous Region, China

    F. Begaux

  4. IRIBHN – Statistical Unit – Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    V. De Maertelaer

  5. Hôpital Erasme, Service d'Orthopédie – Traumatologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    M. Hinsenkamp

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Mathieu, F., Suetens, C., Begaux, F. et al. Effects of physical therapy on patients with Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 25, 191–193 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640000206

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