Researchers at the Division of Rehabilitation, Kusatsu Branch Hospital, Gunma University Hospital, Japan have found that exercise in hot spring water may be a useful aid to patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory function and arterial blood gas were examined before and after a two-month exercise program performed in a pool filled with hot spring water.
Twenty two patients (average age 71 years old) with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (12 cases of bronchial asthma and 10 cases of pulmonary emphysema) were treated between 1991 and 1994.
Breathing was significantly improved after the exercise combined with hydrotherapy program
Kurabayashi H; Kubota K; Machida I; Tamura K; Take H; Shirakura T Effective physical therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pilot study of exercise in hot spring water. Am J Phys Med Rehabil (UNITED STATES) May-Jun 1997, 76 (3) p204-7
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