POTENTIAL FOR RESTORATIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME WITH THE USE OF OSTEOPATHY AND SHOCKWAVE THERAPY

. Complex investigation of rehabilitation treatment possibilities in patients with Myofascial pain syndrome using osteopathy and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) remains a very actual problem. Materials and methods. 120 patients with myofascial pain syndrome at the age of 49,65±0,89 years old were investigated. The average duration of the disease - 2,29±0,18 years. Results. Combination of standard therapy with osteopathic treatments and ESWT decreases severity of Myofascial pain syndrome measured with five-point vertebro-neurological symptoms scale after 12 months of observations for 59,2%. Standard therapy together with osteopathic treatment reduces severity of Myofascial pain syndrome for 43,3%. Standard therapy together with ESWT reduces severity of Myofascial pain syndrome for 34,2%. Standard therapy alone reduces severity of Myofascial pain syndrome for 31,6%. Dynamic of Visual analogue scale pain parameters was 77,1%, 62,2%, 52,8% and 30,9%, that was accompanied by The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) average values decrease by 92,4%, 75,9%, 66,8% and 39,9%, respectively. Severity of Visual analogue scale symptoms were directly proportional to the parameters of IMS (r=0,231) and ODI (r=0,379), whereas the symptoms severity reduction level in this scale has strong correlation with the level of IMS scale dynamics (r=0,85). Conclusion. When forming the rehabilitation treatment Protocol of patients with myofascial pain syndrome using osteopathy and shock wave therapy one should consider that according to the 12-month prospective observation, it is the combination of these methods that shows the most positive effect on the severity of myofascial pain syndrome, measured with VAS scale, five-point vertebro-neurological symptoms evaluation scale and osvestri questionnaire.