[Predictors of upper limbs' function in patients with cervical tetraplegia].

Unlabelled: Patients with traumatic cervical injury of the spinal cord show clinical symptoms of tetraplegia. Furthermore, the motor function of the upper limbs is a key function for such patients, because it has a significant impact on the quality of life. One of the components of the definition of rehabilitation potential is the identification of the possible functions' ceiling and compliance of the patient's current condition with known model characteristics.

Quality contract 'prevention of postoperative delirium in the care of elderly patients' study protocol: a non-randomised, pre-post, monocentric, prospective trial.

Introduction: Postoperative delirium (POD) is seen in approximately 15% of elderly patients and is related to poorer outcomes. In 2017, the Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss) introduced a 'quality contract' (QC) as a new instrument to improve healthcare in Germany. One of the four areas for improvement of in-patient care is the 'Prevention of POD in the care of elderly patients' (QC-POD), as a means to reduce the risk of developing POD and its complications.

[The use of electromyostimulation in motion in the treatment of post-traumatic edema of the ankle joint].

Unlabelled: Injuries of the ligamentous apparatus of the ankle joint are one of the most common injuries of the ODA. A large number of complications and a long period of disability require the development of modern methods of physiotherapy treatment that can reduce the number of relapses and reduce the duration of rehabilitation.

Objective: Evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of electromyostimulation in motion in the treatment of post-traumatic edema of the ankle joint.

[Patient-centered approach using COPM, GAS scores in medical rehabilitation of patients with tetraplegia after spinal cord injury].

Objective: To study the efficacy of the patient- and task-oriented approach and specific therapeutic exercises (TE) for the arms in patients after spinal cord injury at the cervical level.

Material And Methods: The study included 119 patients with a history of spinal injury of more than one year. They were divided into three demographically comparable groups.

[Application of kinesis-taping and low frequency pulse magnetic therapy in medical rehabilitation of athletes with post-traumatic edema of the lower extremities].

Unlabelled: In the conditions of increasingly stringent anti-doping rules, the development of new non-drug methods of treatment and rehabilitation of athletes is of particular importance.

Objective: Development of new methods of medical rehabilitation of athletes after injury.

Material And Methods: Thirty-three athletes with knee injuries were examined.

[Upper limb motor and functional recovery in patients with tetraplegia].

Objective: To study the recovery of the upper limb motor function and functional independence in patients with cervical spinal cord injury.

Material And Methods: The study included 49 patients with subacute tetraplegia, mean age 33±14.8 years, 42 men and 7 women, admitted to the Preodolenie Rehabilitation Center.

[Comparative analysis of functional independence predictors in patients with cervical tetraplegia].

Unlabelled: Purpose of the study was to investigate clinical predictors of functional independence in patients with cervical tetraplegia at different periods after a spinal cord injury (SCI).

Material And Methods: 190 patients (151 men and 39 women) with an SCI from 3 months to 6 years old were included in a retrospective study. The average age was 27 years.

[Funtional tenodesis as a predictor of functional outcome in patients with cervical tetraplegia].

Aim: To determine the value of functional tenodesis (FT) of the hand as a predictor of the degree of disability in patients with cervical tetraplegia (CT) at different periods after a spinal injury.

Material And Methods: We examined 190 patients (79% - men) with CT (92.5% of cases of traumatic origin) at the age of 27 [21.

[Use of enhanced external counterpulsation in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with atherosclerosis obliterans of the lower extremity].

Background: Cardiovascular diseases occupy a leading place in the structure of morbidity in Russia and other developed countries of the world.

Aim: To study the efficiency of using enhanced external counterpulsation in the comprehensive rehabilitation treatment of patients with stages I-IIB obliterating atherosclerosis of the lower extremities (OALE).

Subjects And Methods: A total of 68 patients aged 50 to 78 years with stages I-IIb oale in the presence of clinical symptomatology of arterial insufficiency were examined and treated.

[The effectiveness of endonasal electrophoresis of neuroprotective agents used in the rehabilitative treatment of the patients presenting with primary open angle glaucoma].

The objective of the present study was to estimate the effectiveness of the peptide drug cortexin used to treat primary open angle glaucoma. It was shown that endonasal electrophoresis of cortexin resulted in more pronounced positive changes in the dynamics of clinical, functional, perimetric, and electrophysiological characteristics compared with intramuscular administration of the same drug to the patients of the control group. This difference was apparent both immediately after the termination of the treatment and during the long-term follow-up.

[Physical rehabilitation of the patients presenting with dorsopathies following decompression surgery in the lumbosacral spinal area].

The present study included 80 patients at the age varying from 24 to 59 years examined at different time (from 3 months to 3 years) after the surgical treatment of herniated intervertebral disks, mostly with clinical signs of L(v)-, S1-root radiculopathy. Coordination gymnastics included a complex of specific isotonico-isometric, isometric, and isotonic exercises designed to affect the deep stabilization system. The exercises were performed in five starting positions in a continuous mode with a small or medium amplitude of the movements synchronized with breathing.

[The results of the application of the pre-formed physical factors and neuroprotective therapy for the rehabilitative treatment of the patients with diabetic retinopathy].

To evaluate the effectiveness of the neuroprotective agent used to treat the patients presenting with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The study included 114 patients (228 eyes) at the age varying from 42 to 70 who presented with diabetes mellitus and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Three groups were formed depending on the mode of treatment.

[The correction of cognitive and psychological disorders in the patients presenting with vertebrogenic pain syndrome].

The objective of the present study was the dynamic estimation of the intensity of pain syndrome with the use of a visual-analog scale (VAS), characteristics of the psychological status and cognitive disorders, quality of life, and brain electrogenesis in 50 patients presenting with vertebrogenic pain syndrome of lumbar-sacral localization. It was shown that long-standing pain syndrome plays the dysadaptive role, causes structural and functional changes in the central nervous system (CNS), and is responsible for psychoemotional and cognitive disorders. The introduction of transcranial stimulation in the combined treatment of such patients promotes correction and reversibility of the above disorders, enhances the efficacy of electrotherapy, and improves the quality of life in the subjects with vertebrogenic pain syndrome.

[Analysis of the efficacy of low-frequency pulse therapy in the combination with radon baths for the treatment of patients with different variants of the clinical course of cervical dorsopathy].

The authors present the results of analysis of combined physiobalneotherapy in the patients with neurological manifestations of degenerative lesions in the cervical spine with special reference to the clinical form of the disease. The use of unified criteria for the assessment of cervico-brachial pain syndrome and clinico-neuropsychological status of the patients in conjunction with auxiliary research techniques made it possible to demonstrate the high efficacy of the treatment using low-frequency pulse therapy supplemented by the application of radon baths. The best therapeutic effect was achieved in a group of patients presenting with cervico-brachial syndrome treated during the periods of exacerbation of cervical spine osteochondrosis.

[Potential of combined physiobalneotherapy for the treatment of circulatory insufficiency in the vertebro-basiliar system].

The main causes of the development a nd subsequent chronization of circulatory insufficiency in the vertebro-basiliar system is the deficient blood flow in vertebral arteries (VA) resulting from extravasal effects of degenerative and dystrophic changes (DDC) in the cervical segment of the spinal column. The rehabilitative treatment of the patients presenting with these disorders including either radon or iodine-bromine baths in combination with low-frequency pulsed currents (LFPC) applied to the cervico-nuchal region was shown to produce a fairly good therapeutic effect. The proposed physiobalneological combination (radon baths + LFPC) proved more efficacious than treatment with iodine-bromine baths + LFPC for the patients with exacerbation of cervical dorsopathy.

[Nucleosome histones isolated from normal and tumor cells and the effect of bivalent metals on their conformation].

A change of the secondary structure of histones isolated from tumor cells was observed. This changed structure showed increased percentage of elongated left helix of poly-l-proline II type. It is concerned with an increased content of bivalent Ca++ and Mg++ ions.

[Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+ levels in histone fractions from normal and tumor cells].

Distribution of some bivalent cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+) in histones isolated from healthy mice liver and ascitic hepatoma 22A cells has been investigated by atomic-absorption analysis. It has been shown that the content of these cations is higher in normal and diseased H3, H2B and H1 fractions and lower--in H2A; however, in the H4 fraction these metals are not detected. A significant increase of Ca2+, Mg2+ and Zn2+ levels has been established in ascitic H3, H2B and H1 fractions.