[Sanogenetic mechanisms of cyclic local traction therapy in the treatment of neurological manifestations of degenerative diseases in the spine. (Literature review)].

New information on the results of scientific research may change the understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, which makes adjustments in treatment approaches. Cyclic local traction therapywas created in USA by the group of scientists for NASA (Axiom Worldwide, Tampa, FL) and approved by FDA in 2003. The year 2023 is the 20 anniversary of its successful application in practical medicine.

[Tardue scales in the diagnostic of spasticity].

Diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with spasticity remain a challenge, in which standard methodological approaches have not yet been developed. One of the most promising solutions to this problem is the use of the Modified Tardieu scale (MTS). The article describes the method of working with MTS tested in the examination, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with acute cerebrovascular accident (n=112) and patients with multiple sclerosis (n=17).

[Manual differential diagnosis of migraine and cervicogenic headache].

Aim: To study the informative nature of manual therapy for differential diagnosis of migraine and cervicogenic headache (CH).

Material And Methods: The authors analyze two clinical cases of patients with a previously established diagnosis of migraine, with the duration of the disease of over ten years and neuroimaging signs of degenerative-dystrophic changes in the upper cervical spine. In both cases, there was no hereditary history and low efficacy of the previous drug therapy was noted.

[Combination of central and peripheral muscle relaxants in the treatment of post-stroke spasticity].

Aim: To study the electromiographic (EMG) parameters and to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a combination of central (baclofen, baclosan) and peripheral (incobotulotoxinA, xeomin) muscle relaxants in the treatment of post-stroke spasticity (PSS).

Material And Methods: Ninety-six patients with PSS of upper and lower limbs were divided into 2 groups: the first group (n=56) was treated with xeomin and the second (n=40) received combined therapy of xeomin and baclofen. Xeomin was administered according to the pattern of spasticity.

[Spasticity: from pathophysiology to treatment].

The article presents modern views on the pathophysiology of spasticity, which is a frequent disabling consequence to the upper motor neuron (UMN) damage. Morphological and functional system of motion organization and the changes after the UMN damage is considered. The authors analyze existing definitions of spasticity.

[Scales and tests in the rehabilitation and treatment of patients with spasticity of the lower limbs].

The problem-oriented approach in the rehabilitation of patients with spasticity requires careful assessment of the situation in the concept of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): impairment of the structure, functions and limitation of activity in specific environmental factors. Standardized tools in the assessment of muscle tone allow to get objective data about motor function. The use of the Modified Ashworth scale (MAS) and the Tardieu Scale are discussed.

[Efim Anatolyevich Dyskin - the hero of the Defence of Moscow (To the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow 1941-1942)].

Efim Anatolyevich Dyskin - the hero of the Defence of Moscow (To the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow 1941-1942). Efim Dyskin - one of the first artilleryman, who awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for a feat accomplished in the Battle of Moscow. After the war he finished the Military Medical Academy and later became a prominent domestic scientist - anatomist and morphologist, head of the general anatomy department, teacher of high school, Major General of the Medical Service.