[The effect of the use of sinusoidal modulated currents on the recovery of athletes]. / Effetto dell'applicazione delle correnti sinusoidali modulate nel recupero degli atleti.

Modular sinusoidal currents were used to optimize the recovery process of the force of athletes' muscles. 113 elite athletes were analyzed. They were participants in rowing, cycling, tennis and Greco-Roman wrestling. In all cases the modular sinusoidal currents were applied to the dorso-cervical and lumbar regions. It was found that applications to the dorso-cervical regions normalize the altered parameters of the cardiovascular system and increase the capacity of the humeral muscles to contract. Furthermore they stabilize the adrenergic sympathetic zone and stimulate the immune system.

[Effects of beta blocking agent iontophoresis by modulated sinusoidal current]. / Effetti della ionoforesi con beta-bloccanti con corrente sinusoidale modulata.

The action of the transcutaneous application of propranolol using modulated sinusoidal current iontophoresis was studied. When this way of administration is used, the drug, while maintaining its negative chronotropic effect, loses the negative inotropic one. Investigations were performed on 58 men aged 32 to 62 who underwent an aortocoronary bypass for myocardial ischemia. Thirty-four patients had already had myocardial infarction. The drug reduced the heart rate and increased cardiac contractility. Moreover, the study showed that only the levogyral isomer of propranolol (the only active one) passes through the skin.

[Correction by physiotherapy of immune disorders in high-grade athletes]. / Correzione mediante fisioterapia dei disturbi immunitari negli atleti di alto livello.

It is well known that during intense training and competitions athletes show a remarkable reduction of their immunological responses. As a matter of fact, during these periods athletes very frequently (five to ten times more than average) fall ill. In order to correct this situation, in the USSR immunomodulator drugs are used together with high frequency electromagnetic waves which are applied on the body surface corresponding to the adrenal glands. In this way body desensitisation is accelerated. One hundred high-level athletes received an application of electromagnetic waves on the body surface corresponding to the thyroid gland and thymus, so as to lower glucocorticoid activity and activate lymphoid tissue. Indices of immunologic reactivity and hormonal levels after electromagnetic treatment were measured in all athletes.

[Cardiovascular effects of sodium chloride bath and underwater shower in coronary ischemia]. / Effetti cardiovascolari del bagno cloruro-sodico e della doccia subacquea nell'ischemia coronarica.

Two hundred and eighteen patients (209 males and 9 females, mean age 57.1 +/- 0.6 years) with I class coronary ischemia were subdivided into two groups of 109 subjects each. Group I received NaCl baths, group II underwater massage-showers. On days 2-3 and 23-24 of treatment all underwent incremental stress testing until exhaustion. In group I, only subjects with moderate maximal muscular power improved their stress endurance. In group II, stress endurance significantly improved in all subjects: all hemodynamic indices (cardiac, output, stroke volume, systemic vascular resistances) showed variations indicative of improved cardiorespiratory function and peripheral blood supply.