[Prophylaxis of traumatism and physical methods for the correction of adaptive processes in football players during training exercises].

The present study was focused on etiopathogenetic aspects of injuries and diseases of the locomotor system (LS) in football players. Up-to-date methods for the prevention of LS tissue overstrain during the execution of physical exercises are described. Adequate application of preventive measures allowed biochemical and physiological characteristics of these tissues to be improved. Specifically, the frequency of muscular spasms and pain was reduced to 1.9% compared with 22.8% in the control group.

[Physical methods for the correction of thermal adaptation and acclimatization of athletes to hot and humid climate].

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the possibility of accelerating adaptation and acclimation of 106 athletes aged from 18 to 34 years to hot and moist conditions by combined treatment including consumption of a special drink and cryomassage including the use of aromatic oils. It was shown that the proposed approach proved highly efficient in that it accelerates acclimatization and adaptation to hot and moist climate.

[Use of the oxygen cocktail for stimulating recovery processes in athletes]. / O primenenii kislorodnogo kokteilia dlia stimuliatsii vostanovitel'nykh protsessov u sportsmenov.

A study was made of the time course of changes in the cardiovascular, central nervous system and neuromuscular apparatus in 26 trained athletes receiving oxygen cocktail, which was found to be highly effective within the framework of rehabilitative measures used when one goes in sports.