Vol 11, No 5 (2012)

The present experiment was carried out using rats in which the pain reaction was induced by different methods to estimate the influence of low-frequency ultrasound on nociceptive sensitivity. It has been shown that the nociceptive sensitivity is independent of the mode of generation of ultrasound, its frequency and intensity or the pain model being used. Characteristics of low-frequency ultrasound were detected at which the pain alleviating effect becomes apparent in case of thermal, acute, and tonic pain.

The present study was designed to estimate the efficacy of the combined treatment of 144 patients presenting with stage I-II dyscirculatory encephalopathy. It was shown that the inclusion of electrical neurostimulation in the treatment program significantly improved the parameters being studied, such as short-term memory, attention, and cognitive abilities as well as cerebral hemodynamics and the psychoemotional state. Taken together, these changes resulted in the improvement of the patients’ quality of life. The analysis of immediate and late results of the treatment has demonstrated the efficacy and desirability of the introduction of neuroadaptive electrical stimulation in the programs of rehabilitative treatment of the patients presenting with dyscirculatory encephalopathy

The objective of the present study was to estimate the clinical efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) included in the combined treatment of the patients presenting with vibration disease (VD). A total of 92 patients with VD of different severity were available for the examination in 58 of whom traditional therapy was supplemented by a course of ESWT using a Piezo Wave apparatus (Richard Wolf). The efficacy of therapy was estimated based on its influence on the manifestation and dynamics of regression of pain syndrome. The comparative analysis has demonstrated that the inclusion of ESWT in the program of combined treatment of VD significantly improved its efficacy due to the early and stable alleviation of pain in distal arm segments. Two variants of chronic pain syndrome response to the action of shock waves were identified. It is concluded that the great analgesic potential, good tolerability, and persistence of positive outcomes taken together permit to recommend the inclusion of ESWT in the system of rehabilitative treatment of the patients presenting with vibration disease.

The objective of the present work was to study the immune and metabolic efficacy of ozonotherapy and to estimate the possibility of using photomodification of the blood for the optimization of the rehabilitative treatment of the patients presenting with chronic bronchitis and concurrent arterial hypertension. The study included 78 patients including 51 ones suffering from chronic catarrhal non-obstructive bronchitis at the stage of remission and concurrent hypertensive disease and 27 practically healthy subjects. The very first course of ozonotherapy produced hypolipidemic, fibrinolytic, hypoglycemic, and immunocorrective effects in the majority of the treated patients. However, a group of patients needed additional therapy. To this effect, photomodification of the blood was introduced into the treatment program which promoted correction of the initially altered characteristics.

A modified MMPI questionnaire (SMOL), well-being/activity/ mood test, visual-analogue scale (VAS), and multidimensional personality questionnaire (MPQ) were employed to examine 60 women presenting with chronic salpingoophoritis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome. We compared dynamics of the clinical conditions of 30 patients undergoing psychotherapy in the form of respiratory relaxation training and 30 women given no such psychotherapy. It was shown that the respiratory relaxation training significantly decreased the intensity of painful sensation due to the improved psychological status of the patients that manifested itself as the reduced level of anxiety and tension in conjunction with the enhanced resistance to psychological stress. The psychotherapeutic modalities used in the present study were especially effective in the patients showing high level of anxiety and less efficacious in those characterized by hysterical fits, impulsiveness, and predisposition to fixing attention on their own feelings. It is concluded that the especially high efficacy of the treatment with the application of preformed physical factors can be expected in the patients having no psychopathological manifestations.

A 2% procaine solution was shown to be efficacious when used to normalize characteristics of lipid peroxidation and oxidative protective system in 90 subjects at the age from 30 to 75 years. The procaine solution was administered by means of electrophoresis or used as mesotherapy at a few points in the collar region. The patients treated by galvanization and placebo mesotherapy constituted the control group. It was shown that the administration of the 2% procaine solution improves characteristics of lipid peroxidation and oxidative protective system. This therapy is likely to slow down the ageing processes.