[The new technologies of kinesiotherapy for the rehabilitation of the patients suffering from the post-stroke locomotor disorders].

This paper was designed to report the results of the application of two therapeutic modalities for the rehabilitation of 44 patients presenting with post-stroke locomotor disorders in the form of spastic hemiparesis. The patients allocated to the main group were treated with the use of the new kinesiotherapeutic methods including cryomassage and the Armeo robotic complex. The patients of the control group had to perform traditional therapeutic physical exercises in combination with classical massage and remedial gymnastics. It is concluded that the application of the combination of the modern kinesiotherapeutic factors exerting the positive corrective influence on different aspects of the locomotor deficiency in the upper extremities and the psychoemotional status of the patients has advantages over traditional physical exercise therapy in terms of clinical efficiency because it enhances the rehabilitative potential for these patients with serious locomotor problems.

[The technical peculiarities of the application of therapeutic physical exercises for the rehabilitation of the patients presenting with post-infarction cardiosclerosis].

The article reports the results of clinical and physiological studies of 93 patients presenting with post-infarction cardiosclerosis and sings of cerebrovascular disease. The experience with the application of the combined rehabilitative treatment including therapeutic physical exercises is based on the results of the observation of two groups of the patients. Those of the study group performed special physical exercises designed to act on brain hemodynamics. The patients of the control group used traditional therapeutic exercises usually prescribed to those suffering from coronary artery disease. It was shown that the treatment including therapeutic physical exercises offered to the patients of the study group has an advantage of the significant positive impact on haemodynamics and functional activity of the brain; moreover, it reduces the severity of cardio-vascular cerebral symptoms and thereby contributes to complete rehabilitation of the patients with post-infarction cardiosclerosis.

[Laser therapy and cryomassage in rehabilitation of patients with facial nerve neuropathy]. / Lazeroterapiia i kriomassazh v vosstanovitel'nom lechenii bol'nykh s nevropatiei litsevogo nerva.

Cryomassage and its combination with low-intensity infra-red laser radiation have been introduced as a novel treatment of facial nerve neuropathy (FNN) in 32 patients. Electrophysiological investigations (facial thermography, classical electrodiagnosis, electromyography of the mimic muscles) and clinical data including those of long-term follow-up show that neither cryomassage nor infra-red laser radiation studied promote transformation of facial tissues in FNN patients. Use of the above factors is effective in a preclinical stage of forming contracture of the mimic muscles. Special techniques of application of local hypothermia and laser radiation can be used in multimodality treatment of both the established contracture and sluggish paresis of the facial muscles.

[The methodological aspects of using cryomassage on patients operated on for discogenic neuropathies]. / Metodicheskie aspekty primeneniia kriomassazha u bol'nykh, operirovannykh po povodu diskogennykh neiropatii.

Cryomassage in combined treatment of 100 patients operated for discogenic neuropathy produced a pronounced vasotropic effect. The authors have determined optimal zones for cryomassage application and order of its usage with some physical factors.

[The effect of massage on the neuromuscular apparatus and blood coagulating system of patients with chronic salpingo-oophoritis]. / Vliianie massazha na nervno-myshechnyi apparat i svertyvaiushchuiu sistemu krovi bol'nykh khronicheskim sal'pingooforitom.

74 patients with chronic salpingo-oophoritis (CS) in remission were assessed as to effects of classic massage of the uterine and epoöphoronic reflexogenic zones on clinical pattern of the disease, bioelectric activity of the abdominal muscles, spine and pelvis, blood coagulation. The combined massage produced a more potent effect on electric activity of the above muscles and blood coagulation than massage on a single area. It is better to start massage from the abdomen and continue in the lumbosacral area.

[The characteristics of the effect of point and classical massage on the hemodynamics of patients with a history of transient ischemic attacks in the vertebrobasilar system]. / Osobennosti vliianiia tochechnogo i klassicheskogo massazha na gemodinamiku bol'nykh, perenesshikh tranzitornye ishemicheskie ataki v vertebrobaziliarnom basseine.

Clinical and instrumental studies have revealed differences in effects of nerve ending and classic massage on hemodynamics in 41 patients early after transitory ischemic attacks in the vertebrobasilar area. Point massage produced more potent vasotropic effect, contraindications to it are minimal. It can be considered as a pathogenetic therapy aimed at correction of cerebral circulation in patients with vertebrobasilar area applicable early after acute cerebrovascular episodes.

[The use of point massage in patients with circulatory encephalopathy]. / Primenenie tochechnogo massazha u bol'nykh s distsirkuliatornoi éntsefalopatiei.

The comprehensive studies involving rheoencephalography and tetrapolar thoracic rheography made in 120 patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy (DE) indicated that pointed massage caused a noticeable rearrangement of hemodynamic processes, which depended on the clinical cause of the disease and the baseline status of the circulatory system. This makes it possible to consider pointed massage as a therapeutical factor aimed at correcting cerebral circulation, which is indicated particularly in DE patients having a history of transitory ischemic attacks in the vertebrobasilar bed.

[The effect of the massage of different areas of the body on the cerebral hemodynamics in patients with a history of acute disorders of the cerebral circulation]. / Vliianie massazha razlichnykh oblastei tela na tserebral'nuiu gemodinamiku bol'nykh, perenesshikh ostrye narusheniia mozgovogo krovoobrashcheniia.

A definite effect is shown of massage conducted in different areas of the body on hemodynamics in 119 patients who have suffered an acute episode of reversible brain ischemia. The techniques of the massage for such patients are detailed.