Vol 9, No 1 (2010)

The problem of therapy of functional class I-II chronic cardiac failure (FC I-II CCF) in elderly patients remains unresolved. The absence of the desired effect of medicamentous treatment and its frequent side effects dictate the necessity of the search for a safe and efficacious therapeutic modality with which to manage this disease in patients of advanced age. The objective of the present study was to evaluate effects of general magnetotherapy on the clinical course of FC I-II CCF in such patients treated in an outpatient setting. The selected patients presented with FC I- II CCF (NYHA, 1964) that developed from coronary heart disease and/or arterial hypertension. It was shown that inclusion of general magnetotherapy into combined treatment of elderly patients presenting with FC I-II CCF reduces manifestation of early clinical symptoms of the disease, improves parameters of systemic hemodynamics, enhances tolerance of physical exercises, and has beneficial effect on the quality of life.

The present study included 81 patients presenting with hypothalamic pubertal syndrome. It was shown that acupuncture reflexotherapy, visual pulsed colour therapy, and application of an ultrahigh frequency (UHF) electrical field produce positive effect on immunological characteristics of patients presenting with hypothalamic pubertal syndrome.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate efficiency of transcerebral amplipulse magnetotherapy in combination with intake of iodine-bromine water during the treatment of patients with secondary dysmenorrhea. A total of 80 women presenting with this disorder were examined. The efficiency of the treatment was assessed from clinical symptom dynamics and results of functional tests. It was shown that the above combined treatment has positive effect on the psycho-emotional sphere of patients with secondary dysmenorrhea. Moreover, it produces well-apparent correction of hormonal and immune status of these women, has vasotropic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory action.

In this study, an injured skeletal muscle was subjected to pulsed infrared laser radiation of low intensity and large duration at a dose of 3.6 J/sq. cm. Evaluation of the injured muscle condition using biochemical, histological, morphometric, and cytogenetic methods demonstrated that infrared laser radiation exerted a stronger stimulatory action on metabolism and regeneration of muscular tissue preliminarily treated with X-ray radiation at a dose of 20 Gy than on the control muscle. Laser irradiation promoted restoration of bone marrow cells but failed to normalize the activity of thymic lymphocytes.