Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Andrea Antonietti

Publications

• Research Article
  Meteorosensitivity in a Group of Patients Affected by Multiple Sclerosisand Hospitalized in a Rehabilitation Facility: An Observational Study
  Author(s): Lorenzo Freti, Vincenzo Condemi, Marianna Mazza, Marco Di Nicola, Luigi Janiri, Andrea Antonietti, Massimo Gestro and Umberto SolimeneLorenzo Freti, Vincenzo Condemi, Marianna Mazza, Marco Di Nicola, Luigi Janiri, Andrea Antonietti, Massimo Gestro and Umberto Solimene
  
  Background: In the recent decades, the relationship between psycho-physical disorders and weather conditions has taken on an increased scientific solidity. Furthermore, it is known to every clinician that healthcare practice has an important role in the management of psycho-physical disorders of patients affected by multiple sclerosis. Given that meteorosensitivity is related to the psycho-physical feebleness, this study is an attempt to clarify if treatments in a non-acute care rehabilitation centre can reduce the meteorosensitivity in patients with multiple sclerosis. Methods: In the spring 2014, 42 patients with MS, at Fondazione Don Gnocchi Santa Maria Nascente Centre (Milan, Italy), were observed by two evaluations (initial and final). The initial evaluation was the administration of METEO-Q, a questionnaire able to quantify the meteorosen.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162.1000252

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