Objective: The effect of the non-medication (physiotherapy) complex (ultratonetherapy, low-frequent variable magnetic field and balneothrapy) on the patients having spasticity was investigated.

Background: 110 patients aged from 25 to 65 (71 males and 39 females) having spasticity of different etiologies (initial stages of multiple sclerosis, spastical paraplegies, myelopathies) were observed.

Methods: 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), and low-frequent variable magnetic field (frequency to 100 Hertz, magnetic induction 27 mTesla) treatment of upper and lower extremities, with taking turn each other, and balneotherapy. Every procedure exposure was 12-15 min. The complete course was 10-12 procedures. The second group (control, 30 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 17-20 days of treatment (76,25% patients) compared to the control group, where muscle constraint reduced after 26-28 days of treatment (56,6 % patients), p<0,05.

Conclusions: The addition of the complex (ultratonetherapy, balneotherapy and the low-frequent variable magnetic field) to the treatment of spasticity of different etiologies resulted in earlier reducing of subjective sensation of constraint extremities.

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