[Hypoxic stimulation and inspiratory resistive training in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic bronchitis]. / Gipoksicheskaia stimuliatsiia i inspiratornyi rezistivnyi trening v reabilitatsii bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom.

A study was made of the efficacy of normobaric hypoxic stimulation (NHOS) and inspiratory resistive training (IRT) in multimodality treatment and rehabilitation of patients suffering from chronic obstructive bronchitis. The results were estimated by means of exercise tests and by stimulation electromyography of the diaphragm (SEMGD). The use of NHOS and IRT in multimodality treatment of the given group patients was found to give rise to a more complete physical rehabilitation of the patients, whereas the application of SEMGD is an effective approach to the control of sessions and courses of NHOS and IRT. Besides, the use of the latter method also permits choosing the intensity of the action of the treatment methods in question on the body, particularly on the diaphragm muscle.

[Functional state of the diaphragm during several non-drug methods of the treatment of chronic pulmonary insufficiency]. / Funktsional'noe sostoianie diafragmal'noi myshtsy pri nekotorykh nemedikamentoznykh metodakh lecheniia khronicheskoi legochnoi nedostatochnosti.

The study compared the effect of conventional therapy of aggravated chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB), inpatient oxygen treatment of large duration (OT), normobaric hypoxic stimulation (NBHS), inspiratory resistance on the diaphragmatic muscle function in COB patients with chronic pulmonary insufficiency. The function was assessed at stimulation electromyography of the diaphragm. The latter reflected enhanced bioelectric activity of the diaphragm in response to OT and inspiratory resistive training as shown by increased time parameters. Conventional COB treatment induced no changes in the myographic picture. Long-term response to NBHS needs further investigations.

[The use of a respiratory regulator in the combined therapy of obstructive lung diseases]. / Ispol'zovanie reguliatora dykhaniia v kompleksnoi terapii obstruktivnykh zabolevanii legkikh.

The authors review a method for the treatment of patients suffering from nonspecific pulmonary diseases associated with the obstructive syndrome by means of a respiratory regulator which permits the building of positive pressure of 2-4 cm H2O throughout expiration. External respiration, gas exchange and hemodynamics were explored in 30 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis and in 30 patients with bronchial asthma treated by the respiratory regulator. There were clinical and functional data indicating the lowering of bronchial obstruction: an increase of the lung capacities, improvement of the velocity indicators, and improvement of the ventilation-perfusion correlations in the lungs.