Cryoelectrotherapy in the treatment of osteoarthrosis patients
Grigor'eva, V.D.; Fedorova, N.E.; Suzdal'nitskiĭ, D.V.; Dashina, T.A.; Kapinos, E.N.
Voprosy Kurortologii Fizioterapii i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury 1: 16-20
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8787 PMID: 1574856 Document Number: 397648
Coxarthritis and gonarthritis patients (n = 105) were divided into 3 groups. Group I patients received cryotherapy (CT), group II subjects were exposed to sinusoidal modulated currents (SMC), group III patients underwent multimodality treatment (cryoelectrotherapy). The most pronounced response for CT was achieved in gonarthritis with reactive synovitis. Overall effectiveness was the highest in cryoelectrotherapy. This may be due to potentiating effect of the cold and low-frequency currents combination.