“This was a single-blind (treatment concealed to the investigators) randomized, multicenter, controlled trial (French spa resorts)…..Four hundred twenty-five subjects were enrolled: 214 in the treatment group (Spa) and 211 in the control group (Ctr); they were similar at baseline regarding their demographic characteristics, the severity of the CVD, and the outcome variables……spa therapy provides a significant and substantial improvement in clinical status, symptoms, and quality of life of patients with advanced venous insufficiency for at least 1 year."
Warm baths may not be bad for your veins - Article Venous Function in Patients with Venous Disease and Healthy Controls Before and After a Bathing Procedure and Subsequent Cold Stimulus by BR. Hartmann, B.Drews, E. Bassenge
