[DISSOCIATION OF DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE AND LIPID METABOLISM IN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY WORKERS ACCORDING TO MEDICAL EXAMINATION DATA].

There were analyzed results of a periodical medical examination of 396 aluminum plant workers. There was established the significant dissociation of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism indices in people contacting with elevated concentrations qf inorganic fluorine compounds as compared to control group of patients which were not exposed to the toxic chemicals. This can testify to the risk of early onset of diabetes mellitus type 2 for aluminum industry workers and to the necessity of the implementation of timely measures for this worker category.

[Features of fluor intoxication development in patients with nondifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia and physical therapy methods for these patients].

The article covers results of studies concerning time of fluorosis development in patients with signs of connective tissue dysplasia syndrome (CTDS). if compared with patients without CTDS, and of studies concerning hyperostosis coefficient in accordance with presence or absence of CTDS. Efficiency of physical therapy and balneotherapy for these patients are also reported by the authors.

[Mathematic analysis of risk factors influence on occupational respiratory diseases development].

Analysis covered 1348 case histories of workers exposed to industrial dust in Urals region. The analysis applied mathematical processing of survival theory and correlation analysis. The authors studied influence of various factors: dust concentration, connective tissue dysplasia, smoking habits--on duration for diseases caused by dust to appear. Findings are that occupational diseases develop reliably faster with higher ambient dust concentrations and with connective tissue dysplasia syndrome. Smoking habits do not alter duration of pneumoconiosis development, but reliably increases development of occupational dust bronchitis.

[Non-medicamentous correction of changes in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in subjects exposed to chrysolite asbestos dust].

Two physiotherapeutic complexes are proposed for the improvement of functional characteristics of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems that can be used for the non-medicamentous treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases or concurrent broncho-pulmonary and cardiovascular pathologies. One complex is designed for the treatment of patients with asbestosis including that complicated by chronic obstructive bronchitis in the phase of remission with the well-apparent signs of myocardial electric instability. The use of the other complex is indicated to patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis in the phase of exacerbation and the signs of chronic pulmonary heart associated with cardiac dysrhythmia.

[Forecasting risks of occupational dust diseases in individuals contacting chrysotile-asbestos dust].

Analysing terms of occupational respiratory dust diseases formation proved that length of service under exposure to chrysotile-asbestos aerosols, which is according to prognosis associated with final development of dust diseases in half of the examinees, is 33.55 years. Dynamics of final diagnostic criteria formation for occupational disease in relation to length of service is not a linear type.

[New methods of medicine phonophoresis in therapy of osteoarthritis patients exposed to physical overload at work].

The authors studied efficiency of chondroxide and phinalgel phonophoresis in osteoarthritis patients with roentgenologic stages I and II, aged 40 to 66. Recommendations are to use these treatment modalities in accordance with severity of joints inflammation.

[Biorhythmological approaches to the spa therapy of patients with hypertension and concomitant osteoarthrosis]. / Bioritmologicheskie podkhody k fiziobal'neleocheniiu bol'nykh gipertonicheskoi bolezn'iu s soputstvuiushchim osteoartrozom.

Circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) and articular painful syndrome was studied in 129 patients with essential hypertension (EH) concomitant with oasteoarthrosis (OA). Two types of BP biorhythm were detected, morning and evening. Tolerance of spa procedures was analyzed in 82 patients with reference to the time of procedures and type of BP biorhythm. Therapeutic protocol including sulfurated hydrogen baths and UHF therapy (1460 nHz) was tried in 25 patients with EH and concomitant OA; the time of procedures was determined by the biorhythm type. Advantages of biorhythmological approach to treatment are demonstrated.

[Biorhythm approach to the physiobalneotherapy of patients with chronic bronchitis and concomitant osteoarthrosis]. / Bioritmologicheskie podkhody k fiziobal'neolecheniiu bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom s soputstvuiushchim osteoartrozom.

24-h rhythm of peak expiration rate and articular pain syndrome were studied in 92 patients with chronic bronchitis (CB) and osteoarthrosis. The findings were processed using cosinor program. 24 patients received mud applications on the joints and SHF-therapy (460 mH) on the joints and roots of the lung basing on the results of the biorhythmological studies. 18 patients served control. Advantages of the biorhythmological approach to the treatment are demonstrated.

[The physiobalneological treatment of the workers in industrial enterprises suffering from osteoarthrosis taking into account their biological rhythms]. / Fiziobal'neolechenie rabochikh promyshlennykh predpriiatii, stradaiushchikh osteoartrozom, s uchetom biologicheskikh ritmov.

Circadian rhythms of joint pains, body temperature, pulse and arterial pressure were studied in patients with osteoarthrosis. Group 1 consisted of industrial workers exposed occupationally to fluorine, group 2 consisted of workers who had no contact with toxic substances. Optimal time for physiobalneotreatment is recommended.

[The role of physical balneological factors in the treatment of occupational diseases]. / Rol' fiziobal'neofaktorov v lechenii nekotorykh professional'nykh zabolevanii.

The authors review the results obtained in the treatment of some occupational diseases using physical factors. In osteoarthritis patients exposed to fluorine compounds good results were achieved at employment of decimeter-wave therapy combined with mud applications or sulfurated hydrogen baths. Patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis benefited from combination of EHF therapy with alternating magnetic field. Initial lead intoxication was effectively treated with magnetotherapy. Subjects with vascular pathology occupationally exposed to high temperature responded to magnetolaser impact on reflexogenic regions of the heart.

[Physical factors in the treatment of patients with osteoarthrosis and venous insufficiency]. / Fizicheskie facktory v lechenii bol'nykh osteoartrozom s venoznoi nedostatochnost'iu.

Comparative evaluation of two variants of multiple modality treatment for osteoarthritis gives preference to combination of decimetric wave radiation and effervescent baths over magnetotherapy combination with effervescent baths.

[The role of chronotherapy in optimizing the treatment of patients living under ecologically adverse conditions]. / Rol' khronoterapii v optimizatsii lecheniia bol'nykh, prozhivaiushchikh v ékologicheski neblagopriiatnykh usloviiakh.

The problem of chronobiological optimisation deserves special attention of medical specialists as promising in chronotherapy and chronopharmacology. Its solution requires much effort and adequate methodological approaches.