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Review of Waon therapy, a gentle dry-heat sauna treatment, in people with heart failure

Rocha Conceição and colleagues · Journal of cardiac failure · 2018

Original title: Effect of Waon Therapy in Individuals With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review.

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What the study found

No direction

No abstract in PubMed.

The study at a glance

Type of study
Systematic review
Who or what was studied
people with heart failure
What was tested
Waon therapy (a gentle dry-heat sauna treatment)
Who has a stake
No disclosure in PubMed
No disclosure in PubMed.
Journal
Journal of cardiac failure, 2018
Source
PubMed record 29409954. This page is based on the abstract only.

How much this study counts

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  • •Summarized from the PubMed abstract only. The full paper may hold details the abstract leaves out.

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Where this study sits

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↑ Stronger evidence

  1. Trials in people: heart disease, blood pressure and death

    3

    3 benefit

  2. Trials in people: other measures

    2

    1 benefit, 1 no difference

  3. Trials in people: lab tests or safety

    5

    2 benefit, 1 mixed, 2 no difference

  4. Population studies

    4

    4 benefit

  5. Blood levels and genes

    0

    None among the papers we read.

↓ Weaker evidence

  • Points to benefit
  • Mixed
  • No difference
  • No direction
  • Points to harm

How it fits with the other research

The short answer to “Does sauna use lower heart disease risk?”

Possibly, but not proven in trials.

Confidence: low. Based on 21 on-topic papers.

Read the full answer
  • Open item for a person: Rocha Conceição 2018, a Waon heart failure systematic review letter, has no abstract; marked relevant but unused.

Other reviews on this question

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