METHOD OF TREATING OSTEOARTHROSIS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61H33/00 A61N7/00 A61K31/10 A61K33/06 A61P19/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to rheumatology and physiotherapy, and can be used for treatment of osteoarthrosis. For this purpose general iodine-bromine baths are carried out. Additionally from the second day of treatment on days, free of general iodine-bromine baths, ultraphonophoresis of gel "Bishofit" is performed. For this purpose area of flexion surface of knee, elbow, radiocarpal, field of anterior surface with transition on the rear of foot of ankle joint, field of external surface with transition on anterior and posterior surface of shoulder joint are preliminarily processed with 30% dimexide solution and after 15 minutes with thin, 1-2 mm thick, layer of gel "Bishofit". After that, zones of affected joints are influenced by irradiating head of apparatus "UZT-1.01 F", with area 4 cm² in contact, labial manner, in continuous mode, with irradiation intensity from 0.4-0.6 to 1.0 W/cm², time of exposure constitutes 10 minutes. Course of treatment includes 8 physio- and 8 balneo- procedures.

EFFECT: method ensures increase of efficiency and reduction of terms of treatment due to expressed anti-inflammatory, pain-killing effect, positive general and local trophic influence, improvement of state of vegetative nervous system, as well as elimination of balneopathological reaction.

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