Article1 April 1950HYDROTHERAPY IN OSTEOARTHRITISJOHN D. CURRENCE, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN D. CURRENCE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-4-682 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe use of hydrotherapy is one of the oldest therapeutic measures in our medical armamentarium. From ancient Greek, Roman and Hindu writings, we find that balneology was highly developed, probably reaching its peak in the declining centuries of the Roman Empire. There is no record, however, that the specific therapeutic indications for the baths were known at that time.1As a result of the many clinical investigations into the etiology and pathogenesis of osteoarthritis, we may conclude that the disease is a degenerative one, hence the terms hypertrophic or degenerative arthritis. For the most part it is a senescent process,...Bibliography1. Currence JD: An improved method of underwater treatment of arthritis, Arch. Phys. Therapy 19: 84, 1938. Google Scholar2. HadenWarren RLWA: Accelerating factors in hypertrophic osteoarthritis, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med. 21: 448, 1936. Google Scholar3. CecilBarrDuBois RLDDEF: Clinical calorimetry, observations on metabolism of arthritis, Arch. Int. Med. 20: 583, 1922. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Kovacs R: Yearbook of physical medicine of 1946, Yearbook Publishers, Inc., Chicago, Ill. Google Scholar5. Currence JD: Recent hydrotherapeutic observations in arthritis, Arch. Phys. Therapy 15: 490, 1934. Google Scholar6. CecilArcher RLBH: Arthritis in the menopause, J. A. M. A. 84: 75, 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Hoggart GE: Degenerative arthritis of the hip joint, J. A. M. A. 78: 502, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Livingston WK: Pain mechanisms, 1942, Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 28, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D. 1 April 1950Volume 32, Issue 4Page: 682-687KeywordsEtiologyOsteoarthritisPathogenesis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...