[Efficiency of unsaponifiable compounds of soya beans and avocado in health care personnel with osteoarthrosis in Volgograd].

The authors used immunoenzyme method to assess level of oxydated low density lipoproteins (o-LDL) in 130 patients with osteoarthrosis. High serum level of o-LDL was seen in 60% of the patients with osteoarthrosis. 40 patients with osteoarthrosis were treated by unsaponifiable compounds of soya beans and avocado (Piaskledin, Expanscience, France)--dose of 300 mg daily, over 3 months.

[Rheumatoid arthritis: psychosomatic aspects].

The review considers the results of studies of the psychosomatic aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which have been published in the past 5 years. In particular, there is evidence for the impact of chronic pain on the psychological status of patients with RA, for that of the disease on quality of life in the patients, their sociopsychological and interpersonal relationships; trials of the efficiency of additional treatment options for RA are given.

[Clinico-pathogenetic significance of enzymes regulating nucleic metabolism in erythrocyte lysates and sera of patients with osteoarthrosis].

Lysates of erythrocytes and sera of 52 patients with osteoarthrosis (OA) and 30 healthy subjects were used used to determine adenosine deaminidase (ADA, AMP deaminase (AMPDA) and adenine deaminidase (AD). Their activities were unrelated to the age and sex of the patients. At admission, patients with OA showed enhanced activity of ADA in sera and reduced activity of AMPDA and AD in lysates compared with normal values.

[The clinical diagnostic value of a study of the activity of enzymes of the guanyl branch of purine metabolism in patients with ankylosing spondyloarthritis].

Aim: To assess the diagnosis of the activity of a pathological process in patients with ankylosing spondyloarthritis (AS) and to reveal purine metabolic (PM) changes in relation to the clinical features of AS.

Materials And Methods: The serum activities of the PM enzymes: xanthine oxidase (XO), guanine deaminase (GDA), guanosine deaminase (GSDA), purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP), guanosine phosphorylase (GP), and adenosine deaminase (ADA) were determined in 55 patients (51 males and 4 females) aged 36.0 +/- 1.

[Normalizing effect of rehabilitative techniques on the psychoemotional status of patients with inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases].

120 subjects with a verified diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 94 ones with osteoarthrosis (OA) were examined to evaluate the influence of structural electromagnetic resonance therapy (SEMRT) on psychological status of patients suffering from both inflammatory and dystrophic joint diseases. Spielberger test for situational and personal anxiety and Beck test for depression were used to detect and assess changes in the patients' psychological condition. Comparative studies demonstrated advantages of incorporation of SEMRT in combined RA and OA treatment.