Open AccessReflex Therapy in the Complex of Restorative Treatment of Traumatological and Orthopedic Patients
Author(s) -
A. G. Polyakova
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj100652
Subject(s) - orthopedic surgery , rehabilitation , osteoarthritis , medicine , physical therapy , reflex , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology
A number of authors have shown the possibility of using reflexotherapy in the complex of means of rehabilitation of patients with traumatological and orthopedic profile.
We analyzed a ten-year experience of using reflexotherapy in the complex of rehabilitation treatment of 196 patients with consequences of limb fractures and 187 patients with osteoarthritis of large joints. Among them there were 56% men and 44% women at the age of 21 to 67 years old.