[Radon therapy in medical rehabilitation of patents with seronegative spondyloatrthritis. An open controlled study].

A differential approach to the use of selected methods of radon therapy (including dry air and water baths with different radon concentrations) is proposed for the treatment of different nosological forms of seronegative spondyloarthritis taking into consideration their varying clinical manifestations (arthritis, enthesitis, spondylitis), the degree of general clinical activity, functional state, and severity of inflammation (based on laboratory analyses).

[Combined application of balneotherapy to the medical rehabilitation of patients with seronegative spondyloarthrites].

A rehabilitative complex combining radon baths and ultra-high frequency electromagnetic fields exerted a well-apparent beneficial effect on the clinical picture of articular and vertebral syndromes and greatly contributed to the correction of disturbances in the immune system of patients with seronegative spondyloarthritis. At the same time, combination of radon baths with low-frequency ultrasound treatment and hydrocortisone ultraphonophoresis reduced clinical activity of the disease, improved the patients' immune status, and had more prominent general anti-inflammatory action than the same physical factors applied as monotherapy.

[Radon therapy in medical rehabilitation of patients with seronegative spondyloarthritis. An open controlled study].

Radon therapy of seronegative spondylitis in 213 patients proved much more efficient than symptomatic drug therapy due to its beneficial effect on peripheral arthritis and enthesitis. It stimulated cellular immunity and improved the quality of life in patients with seronegative spondyloarthritis to a higher degree compared with medicamentous treatment.

[Peloid therapy in various temperature modes in rehabilitation of patients with seronegative spondylarthritis].

Fifty patients with ankylosing spondylarthritis (AS) and 21 patients with reactive arthritis, Reiter's disease received peloid therapy. AS patients with a prevalent spinal lesion received mud applications (38-40 degrees), those with a prevalent joint lesion - applications of colder mud (22-24 degrees C), those free of inflammation in the joints and periarticular tissues - mud of 38-40 degrees C temperature. In reactive arthritis and Reiter's disease mud applications with temperature 22-24 degrees are indicated.