Vol 12, No 3 (2013)

The present experimental study was conducted using 176 white rats. Five series of experiments have demonstrated that a course of ad libitum drinking of mineralized waters (MW) in the animals subjected to chronic emotional immobilization stress reduces responsiveness to the stressful factors and prevents the development of manifestations of endogenous intoxication (EI). These observations are confirmed by the measurement of such integral characteristics of EI as medium-sized molecule (MSM) content, leukocytic intoxication index (LII), circulating immune complexes (CIC), lipid peroxidation (LPO), etc. It is concluded that certain characteristic features of the prophylactic action of mineral waters on the animals with endogenous intoxication under stressful conditions may be attributed to their physicochemical properties and the presence of biologically active substances (silicon, boron, etc) in their composition. The results of the study are interpreted as giving evidence of the desirability of application of mineralized water baths for the prevention of EI manifestations in the subjects exposed to stressful factors.

A total of 64 patients (the mean age 34.6±4.2 years) suffering chronic abacterial prostatitis (CAP) during 2.8±0.8 years were effectively treated by the application of vibration and magnetic field generated by the AVIM-1 apparatus. The clinical signs and symptoms were evaluated based on the NIH-CPSI and IPSS scales. The vibromagnetic forces were applied to the perineal region (the patient sat down on the apparatus) for 15-20 min during 13-15 procedures supplemented by standard therapy including vitaprost rectal suppositories. The vibromagnetic treatment reduced the frequency of pain syndrome by 67% compared with 34.4% in the control group; simultaneously, the IPSS index decreased by 8.3 scores vs 53.4% in controls. The blood circulation was completely normalized and its selected characteristics (especially in the regions of sclerotic changes) improved.

This paper summarizes the 30-year experience of activities of the Gastroenterological Clinic, Ukranian Research Institute of Rehabilitation and Balneotherapeutics, in the field of organization of the system of early health resort-based rehabilitation and rehabilitative treatment of the patients presenting with digestive organ diseases. It is shown that the rehabilitative treatment with the use of natural and preformed physical factors for the purpose of prevention and chronization of the pathological processes in the digestive system, improvement of the functional state of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, correction of neurohumoral disorders and immunological responsiveness of the body significantly improves the patients’ quality of life, prevents incapacitation, and makes up an indispensible and efficacious component of the therapeutic process ensuring the restoration of the social and occupational status of the patients. Moreover, it promotes remission of the disease.

This paper reports the data on the application of physiotherapy for the combined treatment of long bone fractures. The author proposes pathogenetically sound recommendations for the prescription of physical factors in conjunction with counterindications against their use. The choice of a physical factor and a method for the physiotherapeutic treatment depends on the stage of reparative bone tissue regeneration, the character of the fracture, the technique for fragment fixation, the ability or disability for a given patient to visit the physiotherapeutic department, and the equipment thereof. The author focuses attention on the peculiarities of non-medicamental treatment of the patients having orthopedic problems, the availability of orthopedic tools and devices.