[COVID-19 and cerebral stroke].

Objective: To analyze mortality rates, rehabilitation potential, and features of the course of stroke in patients with COVID-19.

Material And Methods: The study included 50 patients in the acute period of stroke who were diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection during treatment. For comparison, we selected a group of 50 patients who had stroke during this period.

[Rehabilitation of the motor function of the upper limb using 3D audio-visualization in patients with acute stroke].

Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of the developed technique of «3D audio-visualization» in restoring the motor function of the upper limb in the acute period of stroke.

Material And Methods: The study included 20 patients in the acute period of stroke. All patients had impaired motor function of the upper limb in the form of paresis of the proximal muscle groups.

[Modern trends in primary disability due to cerebrovascular diseases in a large city].

Aim: To study the primary disability due to cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) in St.-Petersburg for 13 years (from 2004 to 2016) according to the data of the medical-social expertise institution.

Material And Methods: Based on the official statistics, the prevalence, level and structure of primary disability due to CVD in St.

[Medical-social expertise in epilepsy].

Aim: Clinical and expert analysis of the data, determining the severity of permanent disabilities in patients with epilepsy, based on the new classifications and criteria used for the implementation of medical and social examination from 2016.

Material And Methods: Two hundred acts of examination of patients with epilepsy in medical and social examination bureaus were analyzed using statistical, clinical expertise and graphic methods.

Results And Conclusion: A clinical expert analysis showed that the assessment of the limitations of life in epilepsy patients and people with disabilities requires an integrated approach.

[The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in the practice of a sociomedical examination service for internal diseases].

The paper gives the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), interactions between health changes, the personality and social factors of an individual with therapeutic diseases to define disability criteria and a scientific rationale for the necessity and scope of rehabilitative measures through public health and social protection organizations.