Complex Study of EHF-Puncture Influence in Experiment and Rehabilitation of Patients with Orthopedic Pathology  

Poliakova, A.G.

Research Institue of Traumatology and Orthopedics. V.-Volzhskaya Nab., 18. 603155 Nizhny Novgorod. Russia.

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ICMART/ International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques, 14-17 Juni 2001, Berlin/ German Journal of Acupuncture, Jg. 44, 2A, 2001, P. 240-241.

Objective: We have studied the influence of modern methods of acupuncture -EHF-radiation - on the processes of microcirculation and regional blood flow in experiment and clinic.

Methods: We studied EHF-puncture in experiment (3 rabbits, 10 volunteers) and in rehabilitation of 94 patients with joint pathology and 25 children with cranio-vertebral pathology (aged 4-76). EHF-radiation frequency range was 53-78 MHz, radiation power was 0.2-l0 mcWt. The EHF-puncture was performed at acupuncture points. Microcirculation was studied using thermodiagnostic methods. The blood flow state was estimated by the results of rheoencefalography and transcranial dopplerography. Results: No complications were observed. Symmetric increase of luminescence on the average 1, 5° was registered since the first minute of EHF-radiation, the maximal warming up (on the average 3°) was marked 15 minutes after the beginning of EHP-radiation. In 70 % of patients a significant decrease of the blood flow gradient between healthy and sore hemispheres and neutralisation of reduced blood supply of vertebrabazilar zone after the course of EHF-puncture (p < 0,02) were registered. Conclusion: EHF-radiation renders homeostatic effect on the organism, processes of microcirculation and regional blood flow in particular. As the results of rehabilitation including EHF-puncture in patients with orthopedic

pathology has shown the effectiveness of this method. It can be recommended to include in rehabilitation complex.