Physiotherapy methods in the complex of cognitive rehabilitation of patients in the late recovery period in patients after ischemic stroke

Abstract

BACKGROUND: For the purpose of early and late medical rehabilitation in recent decades, non-drug methods of physiotherapy have been actively used to restore patients who have had an ischemic stroke.

AIMS: substantiation of the inclusion of multimodal physiotherapeutic effects from the Alpha LED Ohu Light_Spa apparatus and low-frequency electrostatic massage from the Khivamat apparatus for the correction of cognitive impairment in patients who have suffered an ischemic stroke, with motor disorders in the form of hemiparesis, increased muscle tone by the type of spasticity in the late recovery period.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 120 patients who had an ischemic stroke with movement disorders in the form of hemiparesis with increased muscle tone in the form of spasticity in the late recovery period. Patients of group 3 (40 people) were prescribed standard drug therapy and medical rehabilitation, patients of group 1 (40 people in addition to standard therapy and rehabilitation, multimodal physiotherapeutic effects were used from the Alpha LED Oxy Light-Spa™ device and patients of group 2 (40 people) a low-frequency electrostatic massage from the Khivamat apparatus was added to the standard complex.

RESULTS: At all control points — after the course of treatment, after 6 and 12 months, in addition to general clinical studies, we assessed indicators of cognitive functions (according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale) and psycho-emotional state according to the HADS scale. In dynamics, it was revealed that in groups 1 and 2, where the developed rehabilitation programs were carried out, there was a significant improvement in cognitive functions (attention, memory, fluency, generalization, etc.), to a greater extent in group 1, while in patients who, against the background of drug therapy, underwent standard medical rehabilitation, only a positive trend was noted.

CONCLUSION: The inclusion in the medical rehabilitation of patients who have suffered an ischemic stroke, to a greater extent, multimodal physiotherapeutic effects and to a somewhat lesser extent, low-frequency electrostatic massage contributes to a significant improvement in cognitive functions and a reduction in anxiety and depression.

Keywords

medical rehabilitation / thermotherapy / oxygen therapy / vibration therapy / aromatherapy / rehabilitation after stroke / ischemic stroke / cognitive impairment

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Mikhailova A.A., Korchazhkina N.B., Koneva E.S., Kotenko K.V.