[Radiation-modifying effect of oxygen barotherapy in complex treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis].

Aim: To evaluate the efficiency of radiotherapy (RT) in combination with oxygen barotherapy (OBT) versus PT used in the complex therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthrosis (OA).

Materials And Methods: 46 patients with RA and 18 patients with OA were examined, of them 24 patients with RA and 10 with OA received complex therapy involving a course of OBT. The groups of patients had no statistically significant differences in the characteristics of their disease and in the nature of the therapy performed.