ABSTRACT
Contrast baths proved effective in reducing obesity as they influence body weight index, waist and hip circumferences, improve carbohydrate metabolism, lower insulin resistance. Ultrasound plus contrast baths complex is more effective in hynoid obesity while contrast baths plus electrostimulation with SMC is good in abdominal obesity.
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Anthropometry , Balneology , Carbohydrate Metabolism , Electric Stimulation , Obesity/therapy , Ultrasonic Therapy , Glucose Tolerance Test , Insulin Resistance , Obesity/metabolismSubject(s)
Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control , Adult , Alcohol Drinking , Balneology , Cardiovascular Diseases/blood , Cardiovascular Diseases/physiopathology , Cholesterol/blood , Electrocardiography , Electronarcosis , Exercise Test , Female , Humans , Lipoproteins, LDL/blood , Male , Radon , Risk Factors , SmokingABSTRACT
Contrast baths effects on hemostasis were studied in 72 patients with postinfarction cardiosclerosis and stable angina pectoris. Hemostasis was assessed by recalcification time, blood plasma tolerance to heparin, fibrinolytic activity, functional activity of antithrombin, soluble fibrin-monomeric complex, platelet count and aggregation. The results were compared to those in patients exposed to laser irradiation. Hydrotherapy with contrast baths was hemostatically effective in 70.9% of patients. Blood coagulation and platelet aggregation improved, the risk of intravascular microthrombogenesis diminished. Contrast baths had more pronounced beneficial effects on coagulation in ischemic heart disease of NYHA functional class II.
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Baths/methods , Hemostasis/physiology , Myocardial Ischemia/rehabilitation , Adult , Aged , Angina Pectoris/blood , Angina Pectoris/rehabilitation , Blood Coagulation Tests , Double-Blind Method , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Exercise Tolerance/physiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Ischemia/blood , Physical Exertion , TemperatureSubject(s)
Air , Baths/methods , Carbon Dioxide/therapeutic use , Myocardial Ischemia/rehabilitation , Radon/therapeutic use , Adult , Aged , Angina Pectoris/physiopathology , Angina Pectoris/rehabilitation , Combined Modality Therapy , Hemodynamics , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Ischemia/physiopathology , Physical ExertionSubject(s)
Laser Therapy , Myocardial Ischemia/radiotherapy , Adult , Aged , Angina Pectoris/physiopathology , Angina Pectoris/radiotherapy , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Hemodynamics/radiation effects , Humans , Infrared Rays/therapeutic use , Middle Aged , Myocardial Ischemia/physiopathology , Physical ExertionABSTRACT
Ninety-three patients with stages I-II essential hypertension treated with microwave electromagnetic fields (460 MHz) with collar exposure were studied. Microwave therapy was found to produce an antihypertensive effect in 74%, chiefly by lowering the increased cardiac output, to improve blood pressure responses to exercises, to make catecholamine excretion normal and coronary and cerebral circulation better.
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Hypertension/rehabilitation , Microwaves/therapeutic use , Adult , Cardiovascular System/physiopathology , Cardiovascular System/radiation effects , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Heart Failure/physiopathology , Heart Failure/rehabilitation , Hemodynamics/radiation effects , Humans , Hypertension/physiopathology , Middle Aged , Myocardial Ischemia/physiopathology , Myocardial Ischemia/rehabilitation , Radiofrequency TherapyABSTRACT
Examining the impact of contrast baths (CB) having temperatures of 38-40 and 25-26 degrees C on the physical fitness, blood pressures, and autonomic regulatory parameters of patients with Stages I and II hypertensive disease has demonstrated that CB exerts a hypotensive effect, reduces the tonicity of the sympathetic nervous system, enhances physical fitness and saves oxygen for cardiac performance. The outcomes remained for 3-12 months. The findings provide evidence for that CB is a pathogenetic and effective hydrotherapeutic technique for patients with Stages I and II hypertensive disease. CB was ascertained to have a more pronounced action on the tonicity of the sympathetic nervous system, when it ends with a cool bath (25-26 degrees C), so it is mostly indicated for hypertensives with severe hypersympathicotonia.
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Autonomic Nervous System/physiopathology , Baths/methods , Exercise Tolerance/physiology , Hypertension/rehabilitation , Adult , Baths/statistics & numerical data , Chi-Square Distribution , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Exercise Test/statistics & numerical data , Female , Fresh Water , Humans , Hypertension/physiopathology , Male , Middle Aged , TemperatureSubject(s)
Air Pollution, Radioactive/adverse effects , Health Resorts , Power Plants , Radiation Injuries/rehabilitation , Radioactive Hazard Release , Adult , Child , Humans , Physical Therapy Modalities , Radiation Dosage , Radiation Injuries/prevention & control , Retrospective Studies , Russia , UkraineABSTRACT
The analysis of the reports made by 77 local medical administrations in the Russian Federation indicates unsatisfactory employment of sanatorium facilities for improving health of radiation-exposed population. Health resorts and sanatoria of the Russian Middle Zone should extend care for those who suffer from the Chernobyl accident aftereffects.
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Delivery of Health Care , Environmental Exposure/adverse effects , Health Resorts , Power Plants , Radioactive Hazard Release , Adult , Delivery of Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data , Health Resorts/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Radiation Injuries/epidemiology , Radiation Injuries/etiology , Radiation Injuries/rehabilitation , Radioactive Hazard Release/statistics & numerical data , Rehabilitation Centers/statistics & numerical data , Russia/epidemiology , Transients and Migrants/statistics & numerical data , Ukraine/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Catalyse activity and lipid peroxidation were studied in the sera of patients with coronary heart disease who had been exposed to red and infrared low-energy laser radiation (LLR) applied to the skin projections of the heart and its reflexogenic areas. It was found that the optimal normalizing effect occurred with the red band of LLR applied in the rehabilitative period to patients with prior myocardial infarction concurrent with hypertensive disease and stable angina of functional classes I and II. In functional class III stable angina, infrared LLR had advantages over the red on when they acted on the blood antioxidative system.
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Antioxidants/radiation effects , Laser Therapy , Myocardial Ischemia/blood , Myocardial Ischemia/radiotherapy , Adult , Aged , Catalase/blood , Catalase/radiation effects , Chronic Disease , Humans , Infrared Rays/therapeutic use , Lipid Peroxidation/radiation effects , Middle Aged , Myocardial Infarction/blood , Myocardial Infarction/radiotherapy , Remission InductionSubject(s)
Autonomic Nervous System/physiopathology , Baths/methods , Coronary Disease/therapy , Heart/physiopathology , Angina Pectoris/physiopathology , Angina Pectoris/therapy , Coronary Circulation/physiology , Coronary Disease/physiopathology , Electrocardiography , Exercise Test , Heart Rate/physiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology , Myocardial Infarction/therapy , Physical Exertion/physiologyABSTRACT
The study performed by the authors into the effect of low-frequency magnetic field on coronary heart disease, cervical and thoracic osteochondrosis arising in senile and presenile patients showed the treatment to promote improvement of the heart autonomic regulation and attenuation of ischemic and vertebrogenic pain, to augment response to antiarrhythmic treatment in coronary patients with extrasystoles, to compensate for negatively inotropic effect of propranolol hydrochloride, to increase exercise tolerance.