TITLE:
The Impact of Black Sea Sand Treatment Effectively Reducing Different Type of Pain
AUTHORS:
Mahmut Tokaç, Abdulbari Bener, Fatma Nur Kesiktaş, Bahar Dernek, Semra Alkal Akkaya, Zeynep Esra Akgün
KEYWORDS:
Therapies, Sand, LBP, Musculoskeletal, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation,
Vol.12 No.1,
February
6,
2024
ABSTRACT: Purpose: Low back pain (LBP), Gonarthrosis, knee, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome have been regarded as
affecting more than three-quarters’ of individuals in their lifetime. The aim of this study was conducted
to determine and compare the effects of topical patients with sand compared
with control related to Gonarthrosis, LBP, knee,
and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome pain. Methods: This
is a prospective case and control designed study based on 101 pain case with Sand
and 101 control subjects. The interventional groups in addition either topical
sand or without sand 2 months after the intervention were assessed. We assessed
tolerability of an established pain perception scale by the Numeric Rating
Scale (NRS). Categorical variables were compared using the chi-square
(χ2) test. The paired t-test was used to compare the two groups before and after
the intervention. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed
for comparison of several group means. Results: The
study was based on 202 patients, 41 males (20.3%) and 161 females (79.7%). There
were statistically significant differences between subjects with and without
Sand in term of Gonarthrosis,
Rheumatoid Arthritis LBP, knee, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome pain (p = 0.033). Majority of patients were over age 55 years old (55%) and
females 78 (77.2%). The
mean score of total pain experience before and after the intervention was 7.41
± 1.1 for black sand, and 4.24 ± 2.38 for without sand as control group. The
mean scores of these 5 groups were highly significant before and after the
intervention (p There was statistically highly significant in regarding subjects with
Sand as compared with those before Sand after treatment mean score specifically
with gonarthrosis before pain 7.23 ± 1.86 vs after treatment 4.54 ± 2.18 p Conclusion: The current study has revealed
that the topical treatments with sand could have a significant effect on the
perception of pain compared to those in the control group with respect of gonarthrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, LBP, knee,
and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome pain .