The effect of passive foot flexion on blood circulation in sports and clinical medicine.

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of the passive foot flexion on peripheral and systemic blood circulations in the state of rest of persons adapted to endurance physical loads, and on patients during surgery.

Methods: In the first series of experiments which included 16 males in recumbent supine position adapted to endurance physical loads, the effect of the passive foot flexion by applying a leg muscle activator on the systemic and peripheral blood circulations was analyzed. In the second series of experiments conducted with 6 males and 12 females, the passive foot flexion was aimed at preventing thromboembologenesis during the intraoperative period.

[The effectiveness of physical therapy methods (Bobath and motor relearning program) in rehabilitation of stroke patients].

The purpose of this study was to examine whether two different physiotherapy regimes caused any differences in outcome in the rehabilitation after stroke. We examined 240 patients with stroke. Examination was carried out at the Rehabilitation Center of Kaunas Second Clinical Hospital.