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- Title
Effect of biofeedback and deep oscillation on Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to systemic sclerosis: results of a controlled prospective randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Sporbeck, Birte; Mathiske-Schmidt, Kirsten; Jahr, Silke; Huscher, Dörte; Becker, Mike; Riemekasten, Gabriela; Taufmann, Ines; Burmester, Gerd-Rüdiger; Pögel, Stephanie; Reisshauer, Anett
- Abstract
Our aim was to evaluate the effect of deep oscillation and biofeedback on Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) secondary to systemic sclerosis (SSc). A prospective randomized study was performed in SSc patients receiving either deep oscillation (n = 10) or biofeedback (n = 8) thrice a week for 4 weeks, or patients were randomized into the waiting group untreated for vasculopathy (n = 10) in time of running the study interventions. Biofeedback resulted in an improvement of RP as determined by score reduction of visual analogue scale compared with patients of the control group (P < 0.05), whereas deep oscillation revealed a tendency for improvement (P = 0.055). The study underlines the beneficial role of physiotherapy for the treatment of SSc-related RP.
- Publication
Rheumatology international, 2012, Vol 32, Issue 5, p1469
- ISSN
1437-160X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-011-1882-2