PHY SIOTHERAPY OF VERTEBROGENIC CEREBRAL DYSCIRCULATIONS

The present study revealed degenerative changes in the cervical spine region of 65 patients presenting with vertebrogenic cerebral dyscirculation in the absence of hemodynamically and/ or morphologically significant lesions in brachiocephalic arteries. At the first stage of the study, 39 patients underwent dry static cervical traction; in addition, they had to wear a soft cervical collar. It was shown that the combined physiotherapeutic treatment was specially efficacious when started at the early stages of degenerative manifestations in the form of cervical vertebral instability. Its efficacy was much lower in the patients with marked anatomical changes in the spinal column. Thereafter, the patients were differentiated based on the results of X-ray studies. Group 2 was comprised of 26 patients most of whom suffered vertebral instability. They received the combined treatment including massage of the collar zone, orthotraction therapy, and wearing the soft collar. The efficacy of this treatment was estimated at 88.5%. In the patients with concomitant hypertension, the arterial

vertebrobasiliar insufficiency, orthotraction therapy, physiotherapy