Objective: Considering polypragmasy and many side effects of drugs, the need for non-drug components of the treatment complex is always relevant.

Background: The effect of the non-medication (physiotherapy) complex (ultratonetherapy,   balneothrapy  and  acupuncture) on the patients having spasticity of different  genesis  was investigated.

Method: 118 patients aged from 25 to 65 (79 males and 39 females) having spasticity of different etiologies (consequences of mild to moderate spinal injuries, initial stages of multiple sclerosis, spastic paraplegies, myelopathies) were observed. The patients were divided into two groups. The first group (80 patients) received in addition their basic medication and physiotherapy with combination of ultratonetherapy – variable sinusoidal high-tension (4-5 kV) high-frequent (22 kHertz) low-intensive current (power 1-10 Vatt)  treatment of upper and lower extremities, with taking  turn each other, balneotherapy  (with  sea salt). Also, patients of the first group received acupuncture with individual points. Every procedure exposure was 12-15 min. The complete course was 10-12 procedures. The second group (control, 38 patients) received only the basic medication.

Results: The spasticity and subjective sensation of constraint extremities of the patients in the first group was reduced after 19-22 days of treatment (72,3% patients) compared to the control group, where muscle constraint reduced after 26-28 days of treatment (56,8 % patients), p<0,05.

Conclusion: The addition of the complex (ultratonetherapy, balneotherapy and acupuncture) to the treatment of  spasticity of different etiologies resulted in earlier reducing of subjective sensation of constraint extremities.

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