Effects of Adding Balneotherapy to a Physical Therapy Program in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy

Patients will receive a conventional physical therapy program consisting of 20 sessions of exercise, hot pack, TENS, ultrasound and balneotherapy, five days a week and once a day for four weeks. Exercise, hot pack, TENS, ultrasound therapy, and balneotherapy will be performed under the supervision of a specialist physiotherapist. In both groups, patients will be evaluated by a physician at the beginning of the treatment, at the end of the 4-week treatment period, and at the 3rd month through clinical examination and assessment using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index, Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questionnaire (DN4), Pain Quality Assessment Scale, LANSS (Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs) Neuropathic Pain Scale, Short Form-36 (SF-36), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

Patients will receive a conventional physical therapy program consisting of 20 sessions of exercise, hot pack, tens and ultrosound therapy five days a week and once a day for four weeks. It was planned to perform exercise, hot pack, tens, ultrasound therapy accompanied by a specialist physiotherapist. In both groups, patients will be evaluated by a physician at the beginning of the treatment, at the end of the 4-week treatment period, and at the 3rd month through clinical examination and assessment using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index, Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questionnaire (DN4), Pain Quality Assessment Scale, LANSS (Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs) Neuropathic Pain Scale, Short Form-36 (SF-36), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).