ABSTRACT
The present study included 161 patients with vibration disease associated with dyscirculatory encephalopathy. It was designed to estimate the degree of cognitive dysfunction and the efficacy of its treatment by physiobalneotherapeutic techniiques including low-frequency pulsed currents in combination with general artificial sodium chloride and iodine bromide baths. In addition, the influence of combined therapy on the clinical course of the disease, results of neuropsychological tests, and cerebral hemodynamics was evaluated.
Subject(s)
Balneology/methods , Cerebrovascular Disorders/therapy , Electric Stimulation Therapy/methods , Mining , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Vibration/adverse effects , Cerebrovascular Circulation , Cerebrovascular Disorders/etiology , Cerebrovascular Disorders/physiopathology , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/etiology , Mental Disorders/physiopathology , Mental Disorders/therapy , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Results of follow-up in 2012 miners including vibration disease sufferers proved efficiency of systematic approach to prevention and treatment management in those patients--lower morbidity and economic losses prevention were seen.
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Delivery of Health Care/standards , Disability Evaluation , Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome/prevention & control , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Occupational Health Services/organization & administration , Vibration/adverse effects , Adult , Disease Progression , Follow-Up Studies , Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome/epidemiology , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Mining , Siberia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The authors review the results obtained in the treatment of some occupational diseases using physical factors. In osteoarthritis patients exposed to fluorine compounds good results were achieved at employment of decimeter-wave therapy combined with mud applications or sulfurated hydrogen baths. Patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis benefited from combination of EHF therapy with alternating magnetic field. Initial lead intoxication was effectively treated with magnetotherapy. Subjects with vascular pathology occupationally exposed to high temperature responded to magnetolaser impact on reflexogenic regions of the heart.
