ABSTRACT
Back pain is one of the most common ailments that have plagued mankind since time immemorial. The frequency of spinal diseases is second only to seasonal viral upper respiratory infections. The period of the Covid 19 pandemic has expanded mandatory work from home - home office, limiting the mobility of the population and thereby increasing back pain due to muscle imbalance in the back area. Muscle imbalance can originate from incorrect, one-sided or long-term loading of the axial organ - the spine. If one adds to this the forcing of the position of the head and upper limbs, which is part of the work with the imaging unit, then it is not surprising that the prevalence of non-specific back pain is high and shifts to the lower age groups. Physiotherapy has a large number of special methods and procedures that can prevent back pain with regular exercises. It was during the Covid 19 pandemic that there was a massive increase in the use of distance methods aimed at practicing physical activity for back pain in the sense of pain therapy or its prevention. The paper describes meridian pathwas and exercises aimed at their harmonization and presents the partial results of the authors'pilot study, which determines the effect of exercises aimed at harmonizing meridian pathways on the perception of pain in non-specific back pain in a distance form.Copyright © 2022 TIGIS Spol. s.r.o.. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
This paper deals with the use of meridian exercises of Tradi-tional Chinese medicine in physiotherapy. On a selected sample of 30 probands aged between 19 to 55 years who met the set criteria, the effect of exercises for non-specific pain in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine was examined. The pilot prospective study compares the intensity of pain in 3 areas of the back before the start of a 4-week cycle exercise at least 3 times a week and after the end of the exercise cycle. After a series of meridian exercises there was a statistically significant pain reduction in the cervical spine (p < 0.05), in the thoracic spine (p < 0.05) and on the level (p < 0.05) in the lumbar spine. The pain frequency during the week decreased by an average (p < 0.05) of a day. The pilot study unequivocally con-firmed the positive effect of meridian exercises on reducing the intensity of pain in 3 back areas as well as on reducing the fre-quency of perceived pain. The addressed issue has a perspec-tive both on the level of physiotherapeutic procedures and their diagnostic use and from the point of view of Traditional Chi-nese Medicine with the impact of meridian exercises on indi-vidual elements, such as organ systems.
ABSTRACT
Rehabilitation care for infectious patients in intensive care unit and post-acute care in home environment represents a great challenge for physiotherapists regarding epidemiological recommendations. This situation is accentuated in the epidemic events, priorities change in rehabilitation care and need for personal protection of physiotherapists is emphasized. Telerehabilitation and distance therapy in the home environment are in favour as a contactless and remote therapies. The main goal of our project was to set up a post-acute telerehabilitation care for COVID-19 patients and other patients at home environment. Telerehabilitation program priorities are focused on respiratory therapy, reconditioning program for patients with severe deconditioning, prevention of vertebroalgic syndrome, neurology, and cognitive rehabilitation. © 2021 Faculty of Healthcare, Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin. All rights reserved.