Changes of Sialic Acid and Fucose in Serum by Serial Bathing in Hot Springs

In order to clarify why orthopedic complaints such as lumbago are ameliorated by hot-spring bathing, serum levels of sialic acid and fucose, which form glycoconjugates and are markers of connective tissue metabolism, were measured before and after each hot-spring bathing. No changes were observed in...

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Published inThe Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 151 - 156
Main Authors SATO, Kohei, KUDO, Tomohisa, YOKOYAMA, Yoshihiro, TOSA, Norio
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1993
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Summary:In order to clarify why orthopedic complaints such as lumbago are ameliorated by hot-spring bathing, serum levels of sialic acid and fucose, which form glycoconjugates and are markers of connective tissue metabolism, were measured before and after each hot-spring bathing. No changes were observed in serum sialic acid for persons who took hot-spring bathing more than three times per day for 10 days. However, many of them showed a decreasing tendency in serum fucose level after bathing. Although it is not clear why this tendency occurs, it strongly suggests that hot-spring bathing influences on connective tissue metabolism.
ISSN:0029-0343
1884-3697
DOI:10.11390/onki1962.56.151