[Evaluation of the effectiveness and limits of balneology therapy for arthrosis in Lacu Sărat Health Resort, Brăila, Romania, in the period of 1994-2003].

: This research tried to estimate the importance of the precocious diagnosis in the arthrosis. It also analyzed the efficiency and limits of the balneology therapy based on the facilities offered by Lacu Sărat Health Resort, Brăila. The approaching method consisted of a retrospective analysis of 10565 standard records of patients suffering from arthrosis, hospitalized in the health resort, between 1994-2003. The cases fell into various categories, according to the illnesses, as follows: 2854 (27.01%) gonarthrosis, 1247 (11.82%) coxarthrosis, 2001 (18.91%) spondylosis, 2003 (18.87%) peripheral arthrosis. The balneology treatment was applied individually, taking into consideration the location, clinical stage and associated illnesses. The treatment also included physiotherapy and kinetic therapy, adjusted to the stage of disease. The treatment results were good in 73.30% of cases. The patients' recovery aims at stabilizing the development of the illness, removing the objective as well as subjective suffering and maintaining the mobility and ability of the affected segment. The conclusions of the research underline the particular contribution of the clinical evaluation in diagnosis and the efficiency of external balneology in removing the pain and inflammation, maintaining the articular mobility and ability. Thus, the cure can ensure an appropriate articular comfort for most of the patients, taking into consideration the recurrent character of the illness, with repeated periods of suffering and pain.