The Effect of Bathing in the Thermal Mineral Water on the Pain and Performance of Athletes

NCT07005375 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 2 other identifiers: Medicinal Water and RowingNNGYK/GYSZ/3848-8/2024
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Effect of bathing in the thermal mineral water well on the performance and potential pain of athletes. Randomized, controlled, single-blind study.

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Fatigue Recovery; Performance Measures

Keywords

low back pain, fatigue; performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The extent of the effect and change on the performance of athletes and any existing pain in the balneotherapy group compared to the change in the control group. This would be measured by the improvement in 6000-meter ergometer performance.

  The extent of the effect and change on the performance of athletes and any existing pain in the balneotherapy group compared to the change in the control group. This would be measured by the improvement in 6000-meter ergometer performance. Examining the change in threshold load with improving parameters and heart rate variability (HRV) (examining how the heart is able to continuously change the duration between heartbeats (RR intervals) in response to changes in internal and external environmental loads, and thereby showing the heart's adaptation. This adaptability of the heart is based on the optimal interplay and cooperation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.)

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The extent of the change in fatigue, muscle pain, and discomfort between workouts measured by VAS in the balneotherapy group compared to the change in the control group.

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Athletes/rowing

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Patients were enrolled if they met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The classification would be based on a randomization list. Measurements, clinical examinations, and evaluation of pain and functional status-related quality of life will be performed before, immediately after the treatments, and 3 months later. One group will bathe in a pool filled with 36°C thermal mineral water of the Palatinus Spa for 3 weeks, 5 days a week, for a total of 15 sessions, 20 minutes per session. Bathing in the thermal mineral water takes place in the medicinal water pool. The control group does not receive balneotherapy. Both groups can continue their usual training plan. The thermal mineral water-treated group and the control group may not receive systemic or locally administered steroid therapy during the study, and the control group may not receive balneotherapy.

Behavioral: thermal mineral water bath

Athletes

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

One group will bathe in a pool filled with 36°C thermal mineral water of the Palatinus Spa for 3 weeks, 5 days a week, for a total of 15 sessions, 20 minutes per session. Bathing in the thermal mineral water takes place in the medicinal water pool. The control group does not receive balneotherapy. Both groups can continue their usual training plan. Rowers coming from the surrounding area, with registration at the Hungarian Rowing Federation

Behavioral: thermal mineral water bath

Interventions

thermal mineral water bath BEHAVIORAL

One group will bathe in a pool filled with 36°C thermal mineral water of the Palatinus Spa for 3 weeks, 5 days a week, for a total of 15 sessions, 20 minutes per session. Bathing in the thermal mineral water takes place in the medicinal water pool. The control group does not receive balneotherapy. Both groups can continue their usual training plan.

Also known as: water, thermal water, mineral water

Athletes; Athletes/rowing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Rowers coming from the surrounding area, with registration at the Hungarian Rowing Federation (MESZ), including competitive/touring and recreational/masters rowers
• Women and men between 18 and 75 years of age
• Participating in regular training for at least 6 months
• Signed informed consent form prior to the start of the study

You may not qualify if:

• Acute pain;
• Organic neurological deficit;
• Malignancy in the background;
• Pain attributable to inflammatory disease;
• Participants must not have received systemic or local steroid therapy, physiotherapy as a course of treatment, massage therapy, or balneotherapy as a course of treatment within 3 months prior to the study;
• General contraindications of balneotherapy:
• unstable angina pectoris,
• uncontrolled hypertension,
• cardiac decompensation,
• respiratory failure,
• unbalanced endocrinological disease,
• acute febrile condition,
• infectious skin diseases,
• other serious internal, urogenital, and other diseases, urinary and fecal incontinence,
• decompensated psychosis and neurosis, lack of compliance

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hospital Budai Irgalmasrendi Kórház Nonprofit Kft.

Budapest, Budapest, 1027, Hungary

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Fatigue

Interventions

Water; Water Pollution; Mineral Waters

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hydroxides; Alkalies; Inorganic Chemicals; Anions; Ions; Electrolytes; Oxides; Oxygen Compounds; Environmental Pollution; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Randomized, controlled, single-blind study.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD

Model Details: Randomized, controlled, single-blind study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 21, 2025
• First Posted: June 5, 2025
• Study Start: July 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 11, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: June 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HU (1)