Intranasal electrophoresis using a neurotropic preparation as a promising technique for the rehabilitative treatment of patients with cerebrovascular diseases
Penionzhkevich, D.I.; Peregonchaia, O.V.
Voprosy Kurortologii Fizioterapii i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury 3: 3-8
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8787 PMID: 19639690 Document Number: 634757
This paper reports the development and application of a new physiotherapeutic modality for the treatment of patients with cerebrovascular diseases and shows for the first time the possibility to use mexidol electrophoresis for this purpose. Optimal characteristics and conditions of the procedure are described. It has been demonstrated that transcranial electrophoresis of mexidol makes it possible to improve the functional state of the neuromotor system and enhances its plasticity. The new method was used to reduce manifestations of neurologic and asthenic symptoms, normalize cerebral and regional circulation, stabilize the vegetative nervous system, improve the trophic structure of nervous tissue and cognitive abilities. Taken together, these effects testify to the high therapeutic efficiency of the proposed technique and the possibility of its practical application in outpatient settings, sanatoria, and medical rehabilitation centres.