POST-STROKE MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS: THE POSSIBILITIES OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE RESULTS OF THE OWN RESEARCH

Abstract

Introduction.The article presents an overview of innovative technologies based on methods sensomotor retraining of the patient using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NFES) and biofeedback (BFB) as the most promising in the medical rehabilitation (MR) of motor impairment in patients with brain stroke (BS). The results of our own study are also presented.The aim of the study - an assessment of the effectiveness of a comprehensive rehabilitation program with the inclusion of NFES and stabilometric postural control using the BFB method in patients with after-stroke motor disfunction in the chronic ischemic stroke (IS).Material and methods. We examined 87 patients (41 women and 46 men) in the chronic IS, mean age 58.4±6.4 years. The stroke duration was 228.59±31.9 days. The main group included 52 patients who, along with the standard treatment regimen, underwent NFES and BFB-stabilometric training. The comparison group consisted of 35 patients whose rehabilitation complex did not include the above methods.Results and conclusion. Due to comlex rehabilitation with NFES and BFB stabilometric postural training it has been improved the function of walking. The clinical effect was noted 3 weeks after the start of rehabilitation, reaching a maximum by the 5th week. The inclusion of BFB-based methods in the medical rehabilitation leads to earlier motor and social adaptation of the after-stroke patient, restoration of the impairment balance function, which is associated with an increase in neuroplasticity.