[Changes in subjective health in sports participating and sedentary patients after 4-week treatment in a rehabilitation clinic].

Presented are selected findings of a study of 62 patients who had participated in a four-week inpatient treatment programme in a health-resort rehabilitation clinic due to complaints of the locomotor organs. The patients' physical and general complaints showed statistically significant reductions in the course of this programme participation. Similar effects were stated as well for the majority of the scales pertaining to subjective health. A correlation between physical activity and subjective wellbeing, or physical complaints, respectively, has not been stated for all of the subjective health-related scales and complaints items. The improvements achieved can be considered proof of the effectiveness of the clinic's overall therapeutic concept as well as of the social relief afforded by the rehabilitation clinic setting.