[Methods to restore fine motor skills in stroke patients]. / Metody vosstanovleniya tonkoi motoriki u patsientov, perenesshikh insul't.

The review article considers the problem of nonmedical post-stroke rehabilitation, in particular the restoration of fine motor skills in patients in the early period of the disease. A review and analysis of various randomized controlled trials concerning the use of various rehabilitation methods both in monotherapy and in their combined application is carried out, and modern technical devices, with the use of computer technology and biofeedback, are reviewed. Proceeding from the presented literature data and their analysis, there are certain grounds for introducing modern apparatus complexes and robotized devices for fine motor skills restoration in post-stroke patients, especially in the early period, into the multimodal rehabilitation system. However, further research in this direction is needed to achieve a sustained positive result.

[Possibilities of physiotherapy methods for improving the microcirculation of the affected limb in patients with spasticity after acute cerebral circulation during the late recovery period]. / Vozmozhnosti metodov fizioterapii dlya uluchsheniya mikrotsirkulyatsii porazhennoi konechnosti u bol'nykh so spastichnost'yu, perenesshikh ostroe narushenie mozgovogo krovoobrashcheniya, v pozdnii vosstanovitel'nyi period.

The significant prevalence of acute cerebral circulatory disorders, the complexity and persistence of disorders of the functions of the upper and lower extremities, which are accompanied by prolonged and persistent disability, is an important medical and social problem. OBJECTIVE: Development of optimized programs of medical rehabilitation in patients after acute cerebrovascular accident in the late recovery period. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 200 patients who suffered acute cerebral circulatory disorders, with increased muscle tone in the lower extremity by the type of spasticity in the late recovery period, who were divided into five groups comparable in clinical and functional characteristics and age: the 1st group (n=40) - patients who, in addition to the standard complex of therapy and rehabilitation, the same in all five groups and including therapeutic physical culture, medical massage and kinesiotherapy, received low-frequency electrostatic massage, complex multimodal effects from the Alpha-capsule apparatus, training on a multifunctional biofeedback (BFB) platform and training of the stereotype of walking on to the track by the method of imposition; the 2nd group (n=40) - patients who, in addition to the standard complex, received low-frequency electrostatic massage from the Khivamat apparatus and exposure to broadband modulation currents; the 3rd group (n=40) - patients who, in addition to the standard complex, received a complex multimodal effect from the Alpha-capsule; the 4th group (n=40) - patients who, in addition to the standard complex, received training on a multifunctional platform with barefoot and training of the stereotype of walking on the track by the method of imposition; the 5th group (n=40) - patients who received only a standard complex of therapy and rehabilitation. RESULTS: At all control points (after the course of treatment, after 6 and 12 months), in addition to general clinical and neurological studies, microcirculation parameters were evaluated by laser Doppler flowmetry. In dynamics, it was revealed that in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th groups there was a significant improvement in microcirculation in the affected limbs, to a lesser extent, this significant improvement in microcirculation was noted in the 3rd group; in patients of the 5th group, only a positive trend was noted. CONCLUSION: Inclusion in the standard rehabilitation complex of low-frequency electrostatic massage, multimodal physiotherapy and training on a multifunctional platform with BFB COBS in combination with walking stereotype training with video instruction using the system with BFB C-Mill in patients who have suffered acute cerebrovascular accident, with motor disorders in the form of hemiparesis with increased muscle tone of the lower extremity in the late recovery period causes a significant improvement in microcirculation in the arteriolar-venular bed of the affected lower extremities, which may underlie the improvement of static-locomotor indicators and contribute to the expansion of the volume of movements in the joints of the lower extremities.