[Certain aspects of combined vibration training for the treatment of neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis in the lumbar spine region].

The physical rehabilitation of the patients presenting with neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis in the lumbar spine region remains a challenging problem due to the high prevalence of this condition. Vibration training in the form of graduated vibration impacts was shownto induce muscular stimulation, activate metabolic processes by promoting microcirculation, stimulate operation of the complex proprioceptive apparatus with a rise in the energy level of the gamma-system, and lead to the development of long-term post-activation alterations in the muscular fibers. These observations give reason to consider vibration therapy as a most promising method for the combined treatment of a variety of diseases affecting human subjects. We have developed a set of exercises for the vibration platform training consisting of three main parts (preparative, basic, and concluding components).

[Using vibration training for the treatment of neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis in the lumbar spine region].

The physical rehabilitation of the patients presenting with neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis in the lumbar spine region remains a challenging problem due not only to the high prevalence of this condition but also to its substantial financial burden. Vibration training provides be a promising tool to address this problem. We studied 50 patients with neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis in the lumbar spine region recommended vibration training as a rehabilitative treatment. The objective assessment of its outcome was made based on the results of biokinematic videoanalysis of the movements and the scales for the evaluation of pain syndrome intensity. This approach allowed the clinical efficacy of vibration training following the recommended schedule to be verified.

[The video motion analysis as a method of the diagnosis of the basal ganglion lesion in Parkinson's disease].

Movement disturbances in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are one of the most important clinical symptoms. Locomotion analysis systems are one of perspective directions of instrumental diagnosis of movement disturbances. We studied 113 patients, including 53 patients with PD (18 with the tremor type, 25 with rigid type), and 60 healthy volunteers. Indices of purposeful and no-purposeful movements and useful movements' coefficient were specified in the motion analysis software V&A. The index of no-purposeful movements can be used as a reliable marker of side-dependent clinical symptoms in the rigid PD type.

[Dynamics of postural dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease under the action of vibrational therapy].

This experimental study was designed to reveal changes of the postural function in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) under the action of vibrational therapy. It was shown that application of classical passive vibrostimulation employed under clinical conditions can be recommended to patients presenting with the rigid-trembling form of Parkinson's disease owing to the fact that their system of regulation of the vertical posture readily responds to vibration loading. This effect is attributable to low muscular activity.