[Physical therapy in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence].

Introduction: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is an involuntary release of urine through the urethra during the increase of abdominal pressure in the absence of m. detrusor contraction. The exercise of pelvic floor muscles is recommended as the first line of cure.

[Inflammation in knee osteoarthrosis--cause of aggravation].

Introduction: Knee osteoarthrosis is a degenerative disease which induces intense trouble.

Material And Methods: The aim of the study was the parallel analysis of clinical and ultrasound examination in patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthrosis. A group of 88 patients underwent the clinical examination and the outflow and size of flexion were determined, the intensity of pain was assessed by the patient's mark on VAS, the functional ability by HAQ index, and the size of effusion and synovitis by arthrosonography.

Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein - inflammation biomarker in knee osteoarthritis.

Chondrocytes and synovial cells synthesize Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP) when activated by proinflammatory cytokines. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare ultrasound parameters of joint inflammation, effusion and synovitis with the levels of COMP in the serum of patients with primary osteoarthritis. Ultrasound was done and the concentration of COMP (ng/mL was examined in 88 patients.

[Detection of bone erosions in knee osteoarthrosis by serum biomarkers].

Introduction: Osteoarthrosis (OA) is a degenerative chronic disease characterized by destruction of joint articular cartilage and subchondral bone with formation of osteophytes and usuries on joint surface. Quantitative and dynamic changes in remodeling of joint tissue reflect matrix molecules that dismiss as fragments in joint liquid, blood and urine where they can be detected. Human cartilage glycoprotein (YKL-40) is synthesised by chondrocytes and synovial cells and plays a significant role in remodel tissue.

[Muscle strength measurement of pelvic floor in women by vaginal dynamometer].

Introduction: The pelvic floor is made of a mutually connected system that consists of muscles, connecting tissue and nerve components. Damage to any of these elements creates dysfunction which is exerted through stress, urinary incontinence, prolapse of genital organs and faecal incontinence.

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to present the possibility of objective assessment of pelvic floor muscle force in healthy and sick women using a newly designed instrument, the vaginal dynamometer, as well as to establish the correlation between the values of pelvic floor muscle force obtained by the vaginal dynamometer and digital palpation method.