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The adaptive mechanisms of action of reflexotherapy are analysed. It was shown in physiological and biochemical experiments on the whole organism, the isolated hearts and strips of resistive arteries of animals that stimulation of acupuncture points by different physical factors increased the activity of opioid, antioxidative, and other stress-limiting systems, reduced secretion of corticosteron during stress, stimulated biosynthesis of stress proteins, induced cyto- and cardioprotective effects, prevented or limited functional and structural hyperadrenal damages. Clinical investigations demonstrated significant hypothensive, anti-ishemic and anti-arrhythmic effects of reflexotherapy, improved resistance of healthy subjects and patients with cardiovascular diseases to physical and emotional loadings.
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac/therapy , Reflexotherapy/methods , Stress, Physiological , Acupuncture Therapy/methods , Analgesics, Opioid/blood , Animals , Antioxidants/metabolism , Arrhythmias, Cardiac/blood , Arrhythmias, Cardiac/physiopathology , Female , Heart/physiopathology , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The main stages of the history of reflexotheray and its principal methodological aspects are reviewed in the context of the introduction of this approach into rehabilitative medicine. Productive results of such integration find the demonstrative reflection in the defense of 56 theses for the degree of candidate of science and 28 ones for the degree of doctor of science devoted to various aspects of reflexotherapy. The growing tendency toward the more extensive application of non-pharmacological approaches to complementary medicine opens up new prospects for the further development of reflexotherapy in the context of modern health care practices.
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Reflexotherapy/methods , Rehabilitation/methods , Female , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Male , Reflexotherapy/history , Reflexotherapy/trends , Rehabilitation/history , Rehabilitation/trendsABSTRACT
Clinical studies involving 67 patients with arterial hypertension (AH) have demonstrated that a single course of trans-auricular low-frequency electrical puncture produced a marked stress-relieving effect that was manifested as the decreased anxiety level, normalization of neurohumoral regulation of arterial pressure and central hemodynamics, improved tolerance of controlled psycho-emotional loading, beneficial effect on cerebral blood circulation, lipid and electrolyte metabolism. In addition, the proposed therapeutic modality resulted in substantial reduction of arterial pressure. Taken together, these observations give reason to consider it as a promising tool for the treatment of patients presenting with arterial hypertension.
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Auriculotherapy/methods , Electroacupuncture/methods , Hypertension/therapy , Auriculotherapy/instrumentation , Blood Pressure/physiology , Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology , Electroacupuncture/instrumentation , Heart Rate/physiology , Humans , Hypertension/blood , Hypertension/physiopathology , Lipids/blood , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The objective of this work was to study the possibility of replacing acupuncture variants of reflexotherapy of dorsopathies by non-invasive procedures, such as thermopuncture at biologically active points. Mechanisms of action of contrast thermopuncture were elucidated. Its clinical efficiency for the rehabilitative treatment of cervical and thoracic dorsopathies was demonstrated. It is concluded that many specific features of the method account for its advantages over classical acupuncture.
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Acupuncture Therapy/methods , Hyperthermia, Induced/methods , Spinal Diseases/therapy , Adult , Female , Hot Temperature , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Radiography , Spinal Diseases/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Transauricular electroacupuncture prevented stress-induced increase in the degree of anxiety and suppression of exploratory activity in rats. This procedure significantly accelerated decision-making process during acute stress in both control and prestressed rats. Transauricular electroacupuncture decreased the number and area of erosions by producing a pronounced antistress effect at the central and peripheral levels.
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Cognition Disorders/prevention & control , Electroacupuncture/methods , Gastric Mucosa , Stomach Diseases/prevention & control , Stress, Physiological/therapy , Stress, Psychological/therapy , Animals , Escape Reaction/physiology , Gastric Mucosa/pathology , Male , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Stress, Physiological/complications , Stress, Psychological/complicationsSubject(s)
Dental Implantation/adverse effects , Low-Level Light Therapy , Ozone/therapeutic use , Physical Therapy Modalities/methods , Radiofrequency Therapy , Adult , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/prevention & control , Postoperative Complications/radiotherapy , Postoperative Period , Solutions , Wound Healing/drug effects , Wound Healing/radiation effectsABSTRACT
Minor therapeutic "cups" bloodletting, a variety of little known in Russia but conventional in China method, was compared in efficiency to chemotherapy, acupuncture and phytotherapy in allergic and non-allergic forms of bronchial asthma. The bloodletting alone or in combination with acupuncture and phytotherapy stabilizes the course of asthma and prevents asthmatic attacks, reduces routine doses of necessary broncholytics and glucocorticosteroids.
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Asthma/therapy , Acupuncture , Adolescent , Adult , Anti-Asthmatic Agents/therapeutic use , Asthma/drug therapy , Bloodletting , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Phytotherapy , Severity of Illness IndexSubject(s)
Cardiac Output, Low/physiopathology , Electroacupuncture , Hemodynamics , Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology , Acetylcholine/pharmacology , Animals , Blood Pressure , Cardiac Output, Low/etiology , Cardiac Output, Low/pathology , Heart Rate , Male , Myocardial Infarction/complications , Myocardial Infarction/pathology , Norepinephrine/pharmacology , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Sclerosis , Vascular ResistanceABSTRACT
44 boat-racing sportsmen entered the study which aimed at elucidation of electric sleep action on restoration of muscular performance and relief of psychoemotional stress. The electric sleep procedures were found to stimulate regeneration processes, improve cardiovascular function and myocardial contractility, normalise arterial and capillary tonicity, to potentiate muscular performance and aerobic power of the body.
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Electronarcosis/methods , Physical Fitness , Sports/physiology , Sports/psychology , Stress, Psychological/rehabilitation , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Remission Induction , Stress, Psychological/physiopathology , Stress, Psychological/psychologyABSTRACT
The effects of physiotherapeutic factors such as electric sleep, sinusoidal modulated currents. UV radiation, interference currents, decimeter waves, laser radiation were studied in 600 sportsmen active in cyclic and acyclic sports. Recommended are both single and course procedures because the above factors are found to diminish immunodeficiency and to increase muscular performance in sportsmen.
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Physical Fitness/physiology , Physical Therapy Modalities/instrumentation , Sports/physiology , Adult , Combined Modality Therapy , Electrocardiography , Electromyography , Homeostasis/immunology , Homeostasis/physiology , Humans , Male , Physical Therapy Modalities/methodsABSTRACT
The cerebral circulation was rheoencephalographically studied in 23 patients before the first session and after a course of pulse laser exposures at 80 Hz and at a wavelength of 0.89 microns. There was a positive dynamics in 42.9 and 56.1% of cases, as evidenced by rheoencephalography of the vertebral and internal carotid artery beds, respectively. Negative vascular responses were likely to occur as impaired intracranial venous circulation. Rheoencephalographic changes were found to be associated with the Doppler ultrasound findings of the capital great vessels and with neurological data.
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Cerebrovascular Circulation/radiation effects , Cerebrovascular Disorders/physiopathology , Cerebrovascular Disorders/radiotherapy , Laser Therapy , Adult , Aged , Cerebrovascular Disorders/diagnostic imaging , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Plethysmography, Impedance/instrumentation , Plethysmography, Impedance/methods , Ultrasonography, Doppler, TranscranialABSTRACT
Thymocyte function and lipid peroxidation in cell membranes of the cerebral cortex and the myocardium of 72 rats were examined to study the stress-limiting mechanism of 10 and 1000 Hz impulse current effect. The additional measurements were as follows: rat and thymus weight, their proportional relations, thymocyte nuclear population, 11--OCS, thyroid hormones (T3, T4), plasma testosterone and insulin, myocardial and cerebral cortical protein. The animals were immobilized for 6 days in individual tight cages where they had food and water. Antioxidant and antistress effects of impulse currents were revealed at definite regimens of their application: 10 Hz stress limiting action was more potent when applied to stressed animals, but 1000 Hz current proved to be an effective prophylactic procedure.
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Electronarcosis/methods , Animals , Antioxidants , Cerebral Cortex/metabolism , Chemical Phenomena , Chemistry, Physical , Electronarcosis/instrumentation , Electronarcosis/statistics & numerical data , Lipid Peroxidation , Male , Myocardium/metabolism , Neurons/metabolism , Rats , Restraint, Physical , Stress, Psychological/metabolism , Stress, Psychological/therapyABSTRACT
A comparative study has been made of the effects which might be produced on body functions of athletes by electric sleep. The induction of the sleep was conducted using square electric pulses with 10 and 100 Hz frequencies. The latter frequency (8-10 sleep procedures) stimulated the examinees somatically and psychologically, whereas electrotherapeutic sleep procedures at 10 Hz displayed sedative effects and thus were indicated for overstrained sportsmen and in some diseases.
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Electronarcosis/methods , Physical Fitness/physiology , Sports/physiology , Blood Pressure , Firearms , Heart Rate , Humans , Stress, Physiological/physiopathology , Stress, Physiological/rehabilitation , Work Capacity EvaluationABSTRACT
Visual and quantitative evaluation of EEG with the help of frequency analysis conducted in subjects exposed to radiation hazards after the Chernobyl accident revealed changes indicative of cerebral mesodiencephalic impairment. The subjects may have defect of compensatory-adaptive mechanisms of the brain provoking high excitability and stress-readiness. The authors believe that such subjects are in need of stress-limiting chemo- and physiotherapy.