Topical Ozone Therapy-A Novel Modality in the Treatment of a Complicated Wound after Knee Joint Ligament Operation as a Consequence of Traffic Accident-Case Report.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: For many years, medicine has been looking for effective methods to be used in the treatment of chronic wounds. Pharmacological treatment is insufficient and does not give expected results of treatment. In the comprehensive treatment of wounds, physical medicine methods have been used, which are characterized by high efficiency and safety as well as relatively low costs of the therapy. Efficient application of a novel therapeutic modality in the form of topical ozone therapy in the treatment of a difficult-to-heal wound of the left knee joint after surgery due to the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and damage to the medial meniscus because of a previous road accident in a 61-year-old female patient is presented. METHODS: Topical ozone therapy treatment in the form of the "Ozone bag" with the use of an oxygen-ozone mixture (2.86% ozone and 97.14% of oxygen) with a concentration of 40 µg/mL was applied to the wound area. The therapeutic cycle consisted of two series of 10 treatment sessions lasting 20 min each, performed every day for 5 days a week, and carried out for 6 weeks. RESULTS: Topical ozone therapy caused complete healing of the complicated wound remaining after orthopaedic surgery, which allowed the patient to live independently without experiencing pain, to move without elbow crutches, and to perform daily activities independently and ultimately to return to work.

[Chronologia terapeutyczna w leczeniu czerniaka skóry - opis przypadku]. / Chronologia terapeutyczna w leczeniu czerniaka skóry ­ opis przypadku.

Skin melanomas rank among the malignant neoplasms that have the greatest dynamics of growth and number of incidents. Early identification of primary lesions and metastases in regional lymph nodes, possible due to location, creates a chance for complete recovery. CASE REPORT: The study presents a positive result of treatment in case of a 67-year old woman patient, with diagnosed malignant melanoma in the lateral ankle area in the right lower extremity. Decisive for the positive result of treatment was the proper course of treatment (early diagnostics, properly established diagnosis, surgical treatment), as well as complexity of therapeutic management. CONCLUSIONS: The management of a patient suffering from generalized melanoma should be individualized, depending on the place of primary lesion, the presence, number, and location of metastases, as well as clinical manifestations.

Physical medicine after limb transplantation. Therapeutic effects of physical procedures in the treatment of limb transplantation after cut-off by a threshing machine - Case report.

INTRODUCTION: Introduction. The number of accidents in agriculture involving children as the victims continues to increase year-by-year. Parents often allow children to perform certain tasks, or even entrust them to perform such tasks as a duty. CASE REPORT: The paper presents results of treatment using a 3D magnetic field in a 31-year- old patient after transplantation of the upper extremity of the arm. Amputation of the extremity had been caused by an accident (hand cut-off by a threshing machine). The therapeutic cycle for the patient constituted of 3 series of 15 daily procedures, performed for 15 minutes. There was a break of 4 weeks between sessions. Additionally, the patient performed kinesitherapy exercises in the outpatient clinic. CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained regarding improvement of the functional condition of the limb showed that in the complex planning of treatment, the taking into account of the physical medicine procedures should be indispensable.

Electromagnetic fields in medicine - The state of art.

INTRODUCTION: Intense development of methods belonging to physical medicine has been noted recently. There are treatment methods, which in many cases lead to reduction treatment time and positively influence on quality of life treatment patients. RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS: The present physical medicine systematically extends their therapeutic possibilities. This above applies to illnesses and injuries of locomotor system, diseases affecting of soft tissues, as well as chronic wounds. THE AIM OF THE STUDY: The evidence on this are the results of basic and clinical examinations relating the practical use of electromagnetic fields in medicine. ORIGINALITY: In this work the authors introduced the procedure using the current knowledge relating to physical characteristic and biological effects of the magnetic fields. In the work the following methods were used: static magnetic fields, spatial magnetic fields, the variable magnetic fields both with laser therapy (magnetolaserotherapy) and variable magnetic fields both with light optical non-laser (magnetoledtherapy) talked.

Hierarchical Mazes in Psychological Research.

Hierarchical mazes have been used in psychology for more than 100 years. During this time many different maze tasks have been created and used to test.cognitive processes and distinguish personality traits. Some of these mazes seem better than others to test different abilities. This article describes the most important mazes used in psychological research and the most important procedures used with these mazes. More than 20 different hierarchical mazes (including maze sets with more than 1 maze, e.g., those of Porteus and Elithorn) were analyzed and classified to different categories.

Magnetoledtherapy in the treatment of wounds after surgical procedures of the knee joint.

The intense development of methods of physical medicine has been noted recently. The new methods are treatment methods, which in many cases allow a reduction of treatment time and positively influence the quality of life of patients undergoing treatment. This applies to illnesses and injuries of the locomotor system and diseases affecting soft tissues, as well as chronic wounds. This article discusses the positive results of the treatment of a 63-year-old woman with a persisting chronic wound of her right lower extremity after knee joint endoprosthesis surgery. The physical medicine method applied, in the form of magnetoledtherapy, contributed to complete wound healing and alleviation of pain suffered, as well as improvement of the quality of life of the treated patient.

[Magnetledtherapy in the treatment of postoperative pain caused anal fissure--a case report]. / Magnetoledoterapia w leczeniu bólu po operacji szczeliny odbytu--opis przypadku.

Anal fissures occur most often as a result of mechanical damage or strenuous activity or cracks in structures lining the final stretch of the anal canal. They can also be the result of frequent constipation and anal intercourse. The consequence of these changes are creating cracks, sores and painful rectal spasms that cause very intense and uncomfortable pain. Initially conservative treatment is introduced. In the absence of satisfactory results, the only effective treatment is surgery. In this paper he results of treatment of a 63-year-old patient after surgery of anal fissures is introduced. The treatment included magnetledtherapy procedures. For several years, the patientfelt a persistent and very strong pain. Aftertreatment, there is significant pain relief occurring and significant improvement in quality oflife of the patient. The results of treatment show that in the complex process of treatment it is also essential to take into accountthe procedures of physical medicine.

Context-dependent impairment of recollection in list-method directed forgetting.

In list-method directed forgetting, people's ability to forget one of the sets of learned material is examined. Research shows that memory for to-be-forgotten items is impaired when assessed by a recall test and by recognition tests reliant on recollective processes. Retrieval inhibition and context-change mechanisms have been proposed to account for the directed forgetting effects and both of them account for the results obtained with recognition tests. However, the context change account makes a specific prediction that recollection is impaired by directed forgetting only if it makes use of contextual associations. In the present study, directed forgetting was examined with two types of recollection-based tasks making use of different types of associations, namely a list discrimination task utilising contextual associations and an associative recognition task utilising interitem associations. Consistent with the context change account, the costs of directed forgetting were observed in a list discrimination task and were not observed in an associative recognition task. The results indicate that impairment in recollection due to directed forgetting is not general and provide converging evidence to support the context-change account.

Magnetostimulation in the treatment of crural vein ulceration.

Chronic venous insufficiency, as well as crural vein ulceration, developing at its background, poses a serious clinical problem. Treatment is costly and lengthy. Intense development of physical medicine allows to reduce the time of treatment, as well as to improve the life quality in numerous soft tissue ailments, including wounds that are hard to heal. This article presents the beneficial results of treatment of a 67-year-old woman patient with a diagnosis of crural vein ulceration in the right limb. The applied physiotherapeutic method, in the form of magnetostimulation, contributed to complete healing of the lesion, subsidence of symptoms, as well as improved life quality of the treated patient.

[Associated therapy in the treatment of pain--the selected methods of physical therapy]. / Terapia skojarzona w leczeniu bólu--wybrane zabiegi fizykoterapeutyczne.

The developments in medicine have made it possible to effectively treat many diseases thanks to the application of modern methods of physical therapy. The therapeutic efficacy of physiotherapy has been proven in many clinical tests. Its analgesic action is listed as the most beneficial effect. Recent technological advancements have produced new appliances which enable the application of two synergic physical methods at the same time. This work presents a selection of physiotherapy applications used in the treatment of both acute and chronic pain in the form of associated therapy. The methodology, procedures and indications for application have been discussed.

[Physiotherapy in metaphysial hip replacement with use J&J Proxima stem]. / Fizjoterapia w alloplastyce przynasadowej stawu biodrowego z uzyciem trzpienia J&J Proxima.

In last years on the whole world violently grows up the number of patients at which occurrence productive degenerative changes of osteoarticular system. Actually these diseases more and more concern the young persons, active professionally. This consequences of these changes lead to limiting the functional functions of pond, pain as well as they worsen the quality of life. Pain in degenerative joint disease of various aetiology can be combated with the new surgical techniques offered by contemporary orthopaedics. Hip alloplasty is the only effective treatment method facilitating the restoration of physical fitness, correct mobility and the eradication of chronic pain. After operating introduces the different methods of improving finally. This work presents physiotherapeutic procedures, commenced on admission to the orthopaedic ward, involved in hip joint alloplasty with the J&J Proxima stem. The disseminating of introduced model of improving as well as the initiation him to program of the treatment confirms the legitimacy of choice, and it influences on improvement of the state of health also and the patients' functional efficiency with degenerative disease of hip joint.

[Young patients after myocardial infarction--what could be done?]. / Mlodzi pacjenci z zawalem miesnia sercowego--czy moina cos zrobic?

INTRODUCTION: The cause of myocardial infarction is a sudden necrosis of blood arteries which delivery blood to heart, what suddenly begins necrosis of this area, that is a formation necrosis. Myocardial infarction can step out both in persons with coronary disease diagnosis and at young person so far have not any symptoms from side circulation system. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was applied 37 young patients (7 women and 30 men) from II Clinical and Cathedral of Cardiology in Zabrze of The Silesian Medical University in Katowice with myocardial infarction. In this work the authors used the questionnaire which including basic information about hospitalized patients as well as executed the retrospective opinion of chosen risk factors (dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, hypertension arterials, family interview and smoking). The authors were also executed qualification of frequency the type of myocardial infarction, diagnostic and therapeutic conduct with cardiologic interview in three aged groups (to 30 years of age, 31-35 years of age, 36-40 years of age). RESULTS: The five-year-old observation showed, that the smoking was the strongest risk factor, the raised level of cholesterol as well as the burdening family interview. It surprises however the lack of relationship with diabetes. In diagnostic ad therapeutic conduct the fundamental part play coronarography examination and PCI procedure. CONCLUSIONS: The creature of counteract in myocardial infarction in young people before 40 years old should be preventive action under propagating the healthy style of life aspect (the education, diet, physical activity) as well as the modification of reversible risk factors, which will permit to reduce or they will stop the intensive development of cardiac-vascular diseases.

Magnetotherapy in the treatment of viral conjunctivitis and keratitis.

Ocular infections are one of the most frequent causes of ailments among the patients coming to ophthalmologic offices. This article presents one of the physical medicine's methods--magnetotherapy--which uses the alternating low frequency magnetic fields in the therapy of viral conjunctivitis and keratitis in a 49-year-old female patient. Basing on the obtained results it was stated that this method broadens the treatment possibilities becoming a precious supplement and support treatment method in ophthalmology.

Types of suggestibility: Relationships among compliance, indirect, and direct suggestibility.

It is commonly believed that direct suggestibility, referring to overt influence, and indirect suggestibility, in which the intention to influence is hidden, correlate poorly. This study demonstrates that they are substantially related, provided that they tap similar areas of influence. Test results from 103 students, 55 women and 48 men, were entered into regression analyses. Indirect suggestibility, as measured by the Sensory Suggestibility Scale for Groups, and compliance, measured by the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale, were predictors of direct suggestibility, assessed with the Barber Suggestibility Scale. Spectral analyses showed that indirect suggestibility is more related to difficult tasks on the BSS, but compliance is more related to easy tasks on this scale.