Open AccessClinical-functional justification of combined pelotherapy in medical rehabilitation of elderly hypertension patients
Author(s) -
И. Н. Смирнова,
Ifat Sher,
С. В. Алайцева
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2009-3-137-142
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , adaptation (eye) , medical treatment , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , life quality , hypertension treatment , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , blood pressure , psychology , neuroscience , nursing
A method is developed for the treatment of elderly hypertension patients. The method consists in the combined use of peaty mud applications on lower limb regions, magnetolaser therapy, and electrosleep. The investigation involved 88 patients with the verified hypertension diagnosis. It has been found that the combined medical rehabilitation exerts the positive effect of the main links of pathogenesis, improves the adaptation abilities of an organism, and thus increase the efficiency of treatment and the patients’ life quality.