[Evaluation of the recovery of muscular trophicity in aged patients with femoral fractures treated with creatine phosphate and physiokinesitherapy]. / Valutazione del recupero del trofismo muscolare in pazienti anziani con frattura di femore trattati con creatina fosfato e fisiokinesiterapia.

Thirty patients over 60 years of age suffering from muscle hypotrophy of the lower limbs due to fracture of the thigh were submitted to rehabilitation training, physiokinesitherapy with and without administration of creatine phosphate (500 mg daily i.m. for 20 days). In order to assess the efficacy of therapy, manual measurement of the circumference of thigh and leg and echotomography were performed in order to measure the thickness of the muscle layer. Manual measurement did not prove to reliable method for evaluation due to the frequent presence of edematous swelling. After 20 days of physiokinesitherapy, echotomography revealed marked recovery of the muscle mass in the 15 patients treated with creatine phosphate who had an increase in muscle mass of 4.4 mm against only 1.5 mm in the group treated with physiokinesitherapy only. This difference is statistically significant (p less than 0.01).

[Rehabilitative physiotherapy in Soviet medicine]. / La fisioterapia riabilitativa nella medicina sovietica.

There are three different levels of rehabilitational physical therapy in heart diseases in the Soviet Union. Natural methods are used such as climate therapy, baths, sunshine and physiotherapy as well as artificial methods including laser, electric and mechanical energy, etc. Artificially produced mineral waters which are identical to natural ones are also applied. All these methods yield good results in myocardial infarction, cerebral ictus, coronary diseases, cerebral ischemia, hypothyroidism, etc.