Some features of the effect of different methods of medical rehabilitation on the intensity of pain syndrome in patients after an ischemic stroke in the late recovery period

Abstract

BACKGROUND: All over the world, scientific research is being actively conducted aimed at the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with cerebrovascular pathology, but acute cerebrovascular accidents still remain an acute medical and social problem in the world. Post-stroke complications include pain in the upper limb, which affects the performance of simple movements, reduces the level of daily life activity and, as a result, the quality of life of patients.
 AIM: to evaluate the effectiveness of the influence of various complexes of medical rehabilitation on the intensity of the pain syndrome in dynamics and quality of life in patients with acute cerebrovascular accident in the late recovery period of medical rehabilitation.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: The paper presents data on the effectiveness of the influence of various methods of medical rehabilitation in the late recovery period in 120 patients with ischemic stroke in the late recovery period on pain intensity (according to the digital pain rating scale, NRS, and the Verbal Descriptive Pain Assessment Scale), activity of daily life (according to according to the Barthel index) and quality of life (according to the EQ-5D questionnaire). All patients were divided into 3 groups comparable in terms of clinical and functional characteristics: according to the clinical and functional characteristics of the group: group 1 ― 40 patients who received standard drug therapy and medical rehabilitation (exercise therapy, medical massage, mechanotherapy), group 2 (40 patients) who, in addition to the standard treatment complex, were prescribed massage with a pulsed low-frequency electrostatic field from the Khivamat apparatus and broadband modulation currents, group 3 (40 patients), who, against the background of standard therapy and medical rehabilitation, were included in physiotherapy methods from the Alpha apparatus LED Oxy Light-Spa.
 RESULTS: The data obtained indicate the advantage of including in the standard complex of medical rehabilitation and treatment of patients who have had ischemic stroke with movement disorders in the form of hemiparesis of a pulsed low-frequency electrostatic field and broadband modulation currents. This was confirmed by the improvement in the index of activity of daily life.
 CONCLUSIONS: In the course of the work, it was proved that the inclusion of a pulsed low-frequency electrostatic field and broadband modulation currents in a standard medical rehabilitation complex contributes to a significant reduction in pain syndrome, and also positively affects the assessment of the quality of life of patients after a course of treatment.