Vol 9, No 3 (2010)

The present study included a total of 40 patients presenting with traumatic lesions of 64 peripheral nerves and nerve bundles treated by traditional therapeutic and neurophysiological (electroneuromyography, transcranial magnetic stimulation) methods. The study was focused on the evaluation of the influence of high-intensity magnetic stimulation on the clinical course of the disease and the functional state of the neuromotor apparatus. The results of neurophysiological observations indicate that traumatic lesions in the peripheral nervous system are characterized by changes not only in the segmental-peripheral region of the neuromotor apparatuses but also in its central part. These changes are manifest as the altered conduction in the corticospinal tract associated with its structural and functional disturbances. It is concluded that the application of high-intensity magnetic stimulation at the early stage of rehabilitation of patients suffering traumatic lesions in the peripheral nervous system appreciably contributes to the regress of motor, sensory, trophic, vegetative, and vascular disturbances; in addition, it improves the structural and functional state of the neuromotor apparatus.

In the majority of cases, there is a lack of evidence-based foundation for the application of traditional medicamental therapy of neonatal jaundice. The use of phototherapy with monochromatic light is efficacious, but the method is labourious and fraught with adverse effects. Our original approach protected by a RF patent is based on the use of polarized polychromatic non-coherent light and is free from the aforementioned drawbacks. A comparative randomized study has demonstrated a significantly greater decrease of the bilirubin level in a group of newborn infants given polarized non-coherent phototherapy in addition to traditional medicamental treatment in comparison with the patients managed by drug therapy alone.

The present study was designed for comparative analysis of the curative action of inhalation therapy with the use of a variety of mineral waters in patients presenting with chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma. It has been shown that aerosol therapy with mineral waters produces not only local but also systemic anti-inflammatory effect. Specifically, it improves bronchial patency, activates the lipid peroxidation system and antioxidative mechanisms, and enhances adaptive capabilities of the patients with chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma.

The objective of this study was to evaluate effects of low-frequency magnetotherapy and dynamic photochromotherapy included in the combined rehabilitative program on the severity of clinical symptoms of chronic gastroduodenitis, inflammatory processes in gastric and duodenal mucosa, and disorders of vegetative regulation in 103 adolescent patients. The analysis of the results has demonstrated that inclusion of dynamic photochromotherapy in the combined rehabilitative treatment of patients with chronic gastroduodenitis can be recommended in cases of prevailing activity of the sympathetic component of the vegetative nervous system whereas magnetotherapy may have beneficial effect in patients with initial vagotonia. It is proposed that dynamics of cardiorhythmographic characteristics with special reference to the differential contribution of low- and high-frequency components to the total spectral output should be used as a criterion for the efficiency of rehabilitative treatment of patients with chronic gastroduodenitis.

A method for the rehabilitative treatment of chronic dorsalgia by passive underwater vertical traction of the spine using an aquabelt and aquatic gymnastics is described. Considerable improvement of pain syndrome, mobility and muscular force of the spine and extremities was achieved in 94.3% of the 114 patients compared with 41.7% of the 36 patients in the control group.