[Instrumental physiotherapy for treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis: analysis of evidential researches]. / Apparatnaya fizioterapiya v lechenii patsientov s khronicheskim prostatitom: analiz dokazatel'nykh issledovanii.

Currently important task of modern medicine is the development of personalized comprehensive physiotherapy technologies for the treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis (CP). OBJECTIVE: To analyze scientific data about efficacy of physiotherapy methods for the treatment of CP. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The number of publications equal 55 about evaluation of therapeutic effects of instrumental physiotherapy in patients with CP have been conducted. The search was done in electronic databases (PEDro, PubMed, EMBASE, eLIBRARY), systematic reviews databases (Cochrane library) for the last 20 years by keywords in Russian and English: «Ñ…ронический простатит¼ (chronic prostatitis), «ÑÐ»ÐµÐºÑ‚ротерапия¼ (electrotherapy), «Ð¼Ð°Ð³Ð½Ð¸Ñ‚отерапия¼ (magnetotherapy), «Ð»Ð°Ð·ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð°Ñ терапия¼ (laser therapy), «ÑƒÐ´Ð°Ñ€Ð½Ð¾-волновая терапия¼ (shock wave therapy), «ÑƒÐ»ÑŒÑ‚развук¼ (ultrasound). RESULTS: The clinical effects and suggested action mechanisms of instrumental physiotherapy methods in patients with CP were presented. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of the randomized placebo-controlled trials, presented in the review, it can be concluded, that certain physiotherapeutic interventions, such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, extracorporal shock wave therapy, ultrasound, impulsive magnetotherapy lead to decrease of prostatitis symptoms.

[Vacuum interference therapy in the complex treatment of patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis]. / Vakuum-interferentsterapiya v kompleksnom lechenii patsientov s khronicheskim bakterial'nym prostatitom.

Taking into account the complex etiology and pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis, a large number of complications including the reproductive function impairment, the developing new effective methods of treating this pathology remains highly relevant. OBJECTIVE: Scientific substantiation of combined electric vacuum exposure in patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The 90 patients with CBP aged 27-55 years were examined and were divided into 3 equal groups by the method of simple randomization. Patients of the main group received vacuum interference therapy procedures, the comparison group received interference therapy without vacuum exposure, and the control group received only standard drug therapy that was also prescribed in the first two groups. The effectiveness of therapy was assessed before, immediately after and 6 months after using the NIH-CPS, IPSS, QOL scales, trans-rectal ultrasound examination of the prostate gland, bacteriological examination and microscopy of a native preparation of prostate secretion and uroflowmetry. RESULTS: An improvement in the clinical symptoms of CBP was found largely in the groups receiving physiotherapy. In the main group there was a more significant volume decrease in the inflammatory-altered prostate gland (by 31.5%), in the comparison group the volume of the prostate gland decreased by 14%, and in the control group - by 9.6% that indicates the most pronounced anti-inflammatory effect of electro-vacuum actions. In the main group, there was also a more pronounced positive dynamics of dysuric disorders' indicators and maximum urination rate compared to the comparison and control groups. CONCLUSION: A higher clinical efficacy of vacuum interference therapy in patients with CBP (93.3%) has been proven compared with interference therapy (80.0%) and standard therapy (66.6%). The data obtained confirm the advantages and usage prospects of the combined physiotherapeutic effects.

[Transcerebral magnetic and shock wave therapy in correction of erectile dysfunction]. / Transtserebral'naya magnito- i udarno-volnovaya terapiya v korrektsii erektil'noi disfunktsii.

Given the complex pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction (ED), the inclusion of not only effective local physiotherapeutic effects, but also general physiotherapy methods into the treatment complexes of patients with ED is most justified. Transcerebral exposure to magnetic fields occupies a special place among them. AIM OF STUDY: Development and scientific justification of a new complex physiotherapeutic method, including shock wave therapy (SVT) and transcerebral magnetotherapy, for the treatment of patients with ED. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective randomized study was carried out, which included 40 patients with a vasculogenic form of ED who underwent outpatient treatment at the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Research Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan¼ of the Ministry of Health of Russia. The 1st group (comparison) included 20 patients who received only 7 SVT procedures. The 2nd group (main) included 20 patients who received a comprehensive physiotherapeutic effect: topically - SVT (No. 7), transcerebral - running impulse magnetic field (No. 7). RESULTS: As a result of course of SVT in combination with transcerebral magnetotherapy, the total score according to the IIEF-5 questionnaire in patients increased by 34.1% (p <0.05), comparing with patients receiving only SVT (20.7%). In patients of main group, an increase in the quality of hardness of erection according to the Goldstein scale was noted to increase by 30.9%, in patients of comparison group - by 20.5%. It was found that the high clinical results of use of SVT in combination with transcerebral magnetotherapy are based on the compensation of local blood circulation, which manifests itself in eliminating the deficiency of blood supply by improving the tone of arterial vessels and eliminating venous stasis according to laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). The inclusion of transcerebral magnetotherapy in the treatment complex helps to increase the level of total testosterone. CONCLUSION: Higher therapeutic efficacy of the complex treatment of patients with ED using SVT and transcerebral magnetotherapy was revealed.

[The application of instrumental physiotherapy for the treatment of the patients with erectile dysfunction]. / Primenenie apparatnoi fizioterapii u bol'nykh s érektil'noi disfunktsiei.

This article presents information on the application of apparatus physiotherapy for the treatment of the patients with erectile dysfunction. The authors report the results of the analysis of scholarly research designed to confirm the effectiveness of the physiotherapeutic methods applied for the treatment of the patients presenting with this pathology. Special attention is given to the mechanisms underlying the influence of the procedure with the use of local negative pressure-LOD therapy and shock wave therapy on the main pathogenetic components of erectile dysfunction. In addition, the article provides information about the effectiveness of the modern combined physiotherapeutic techniques including sinusoidal modulated current (SMT) electrophoresis of vasoactive substances and vibromagnetic-laser therapy in the combination with the general purpose methods as exemplified by intravenous laser irradiation. Based on the evidence presented in the article, the authors arrive at the conclusion about the prospects for further research on the development of new physiotherapeutic modalities and their introduction in the practical treatment of the patients with erectile dysfunction.

[The application of the preformed physical factors for the combined treatment of the patients presenting with chronic vesiculitis]. / Preformirovannye fizicheskie faktory v kompleksnoi terapii patsientov s khronicheskim vezikulitom.

UNLABELLED: The problem of the development of the new efficient methods for the treatment of the patients presenting with chronic bacterial vesiculitis (CBV) is currently considered among the important priorities. AIM: The objective of the present study was to provide a scientifically sound substantiation for the application of sinusoidal modulated currents (SMC), magnetic fields, and laser radiation in the combined treatment of the patients with CBV. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 121 patients presenting with chronic bacterial vesiculitis were examined and treated during the latent phase of the inflammatory process. They were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 (main) was comprised of 40 patients treated, in addition to basal pharmacotherapy, by supravascular contact laser irradiation of the cubital vein area followed after 2-3 hours by the application of sinusoidal modulated currents to the pubosacral region. Group 2 included 41patents given, besides basal pharmacotherapy, laser therapy in the same regimen as in group 1 supplemented after 2-3 hours by abdominal magnetic therapy. Group 3 (control) received traditional pharmacotherapy in the combination with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medicines. RESULTS: It was demonstrated that the patients of group 2 exhibited the most pronounced positive dynamics of the clinical signs and symptoms estimated from the total National Institute of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) and of the characteristics of the quality of life evaluated based on the QLS scale. The patients of the two former groups experienced a more conspicuous decrease in the activity of the inflammatory process in seminal vesicles, restoration of their structural and anatomical features (as shown by the transrectal ultrasound study), improvement of testosterone metabolism, and normalization of the spermogram characteristics in comparison with controls. The analysis of the spermograms revealed the tendency toward the increase in the number of actively motile spermatozoa only in the patients of group 2. The combined treatment of the patients of the two former groups resulted in the decrease of the level of sex hormone-binding globulin and the increase of the free androgen index. CONCLUSION: The results of the study indicate that the application of the preformed physical factors for the treatment of the patients presenting with chronic bacterial vesiculitis enhances the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and decreases both the frequency and the duration of relapses of the disease.

[The application of the combined resonance-wave therapy for the treatment of the patients presenting with chronic bacterial prostatitis].

UNLABELLED: Recent studies have confirmed the anti-inflammatory and trophic effects of low-intensity electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of 1 GHz in the microwave range in a number of inflammatory diseases. The results of experimental investigations demonstrating the influence of this physical factor on water molecules provide a basis for resonance-microwave therapy. Aim. The objective of the present work was evaluate the effectiveness of this physiotherapeutic method used for the treatment of 50 patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP). Patients and methods. All the patients were randomly divided into two groups. The main group included 26 patients, and the control group was comprised of 24 patients. The patients of the latter group were given only basic drug therapy, while those in the main group were additionally treated by means of resonance-microwave therapy with the use of the Akvaton-02 apparatus (Russia). Dynamics of the clinical symptoms and the quality of life were evaluated based on the results of microscopic and bacteriological examination of the prostate secretion, measurements of the blood levels of tumor necrosis factor TNF-alpha and interleukin-1beta. RESULTS: The study has demonstrated that resonance-microwave therapy resulted in positive dynamics of pain and dysuric syndromes that was especially well apparent in the patients of the main group. This observation was confirmed by a significant change in the severity of the clinical symptoms of the disease estimated based on the NIH-CPSI scale and in the quality of life (QOL) of the patients. The microscopic and bacteriological examination of the prostate secretion revealed the pronounced anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects in 19 (73.61%) patients of the main group compared with 16 (66.7%) patients in the control group. In addition, the low-intensity resonance-microwave therapy was shown to produce beneficial effect on the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the blood of patients presenting with chronic bacterial prostatitis. The decline the TNF-alpha and IL-1beta blood levels was documented in the patients of both groups, but only in the main group the level of TNF-alpha was significantly different from its baseline value. In the majority of the patients, the above changes persisted for two months. CONCLUSION: The present study has demonstrated the increased clinical effectiveness of resonance-microwave therapy in the patients suffering from chronic bacterial prostatitis in comparison with baseline drug therapy and thereby confirmed the feasi bility of low-intensity electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of 1 GHz for the treatment of this pathology.

Physical methods used in the complex therapy of chronic non-specific urinary tract diseases.

A total of 237 patients with non-specific diseases of the urinary tract have been examined and treated. The observations conducted indicate that correctly chosen therapeutic techniques in this category of patients palliate the inflammatory process, normalize the function of the kidneys, and thus provoke a positive effect on the course of chronic pyelonephritis and cystitis by enhancing the urodynamics of the lower urinary tract.