title: [Hemorheologic and clinical changes in ankylosing spondylitis during hyperthermia].
abstract: In this controlled study the short- and longterm effects of whole body hyperthermia in ankylosing spondylitis were investigated. Longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses show positive effects: reduction in blood and plasma viscosity, normalization of red cell deformability, reduction of analgetics' use, increase in motility and subjective improvement of well-being. Clinical and rheological changes correlate which might imply (but does not prove) a causal relationship between the two.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Wien.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matrai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001452:Balneology; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000502:physiology*; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000502:physiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012212:Rheology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Hämorheologische und klinische Veränderungen bei ankylosierender Spondylitis unter Hyperthermie.