[Algorhythm for EEG description for use in clinical practice and disability evaluation]. / Algoritm opisaniia EEG dlia ispol'zovaniia v klinicheskoi praktike i ékspertize trudosposobnosti.

An algorithm of verbal description of EEGs based on the method of quantitative assessment of the brain bioelectric activity is suggested. One should take into account the distribution, the pattern, the degree of the rhythm distortion by other signals, presence of generalized manifestations, local outbreaks and paroxysms. The algorithm includes description of the orientation reaction, responses to rhythmic and trigger photostimulation, hyperventilation and pharmacological loads. The algorithm suggested allows a more complete use of the information contained in the EEG and can be a good basis for composing a program for respective specialized computers.

[Condition of the ventricular system in the acute period of cerebral contusions (clinico-echoencephalographic correlations)]. / Sostoianie zheludochkovoi sistemy v ostrom periode sotriaseniia golovnogo mozga (kliniko-ékhoéntsefalograficheskie sopostavleniia).

Echoencephalographic data on the ventricular system in 66 patients during the acute period of cerebral concussion are reported. Forty-seven of them showed statistically significant signs of mild intracranial hypertension. Fourteen out of 31 subjects who had a repeated examination prior to discharge from the hospital displayed no improvement in their echoencephalographic parameters. The results obtained have important implications in assessing the duration of inpatient and outpatient treatment, in establishing the cause-and-effect relationship between the morbid state and a given trauma, and in preventing both prolonged temporary disability and general incapacity.

[Transcranial electric stimulation therapy in the treatment of neurocirculatory asthenia]. / Transkranial'noe élektrovozdeistvie v lechenii vegetososudistoi distonii.

Transcranial electric stimulation (TES), a combination of direct and pulse current totally up to 5 mA, rectangular impulses lasting 3-4 ms at a frequency of 75-80 Mz, via frontal and retromastoid electrodes was carried out for 30 minutes every other day. The treatment consisted of 7 to 10 sessions. Overall 189 patients suffering from vegetovascular dystonia were examined. Of these, 114 persons (group I) received pharmacotherapy and TES, 61 TES (group II), and 14 were on placebo. 83% of the group I patients and 80.3% of the group II patients manifested an appreciable improvement of the well-being which was supported by the data of its general estimation. 22 patients were examined for blood beta-endorphin. It has been shown that its concentration increased and returned to normal during TES.

[The use of transcranial electrotherapy in the rehabilitation of osteoarthrosis patients]. / Primenenie transkranial'noi élektroterapii pri reabilitatsii bol'nykh osteoartrozom.

Rehabilitation of 39 patients with osteoarthrosis deformans (OD) consisted of transcranial electrostimulation (TCES) which was performed by means of Transair unit generating impulse current (77 Hz, frontal-retroauricular electrodes position). There was a positive trend in clinical indices, pain intensity, skin temperature. TCES mechanism of action involves stimulation of endorphine brain structures which elevates blood levels of beta-endorphines.