[Use of life quality indices in the rehabilitation therapy of inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases].
OBJECTIVE
To study whether life quality (LQ) indices may be used to evaluate the efficiency of structural resonance electromagnetic therapy (SREMT) and its correction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in those with osteoarthrosis (OA).


METHODS
One hundred and twenty patients with significant RA and 94 patients diagnosed as having OA were followed up. The SF-36 questionnaire was used to detect and assess objective data on health problems and changes. The patients with RA and those with OA were randomized to the groups matched for gender, age, and disease duration: a study group (n = 80) and a control one (n = 40) for RA; a study group (n = 56) and a control one (n = 38) for OA. Both group patients received the same medical and physiotherapeutic treatment (within each nosological entity, respectively). Furthermore, in the study groups, the patients with RA and those with OA had additionally 10-12 daily (43-min) sessions of SREMT on a Rematerp apparatus.


RESULTS
The inclusion of SREMT into the multimodality treatment of patients with RA and those with OA has shown significant benefits. A wide spectrum of therapeutic action of SREMT exerts a positive impact on the basic LQ indices (the indicators of physical and role physical performance, somatic pain, general condition, and social and role emotional performance).


CONCLUSIONS
SREMT may be recommended for use in rheumatological care as a technique that enhances the efficiency of performed therapy and medical rehabilitative measures in inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases.
Grekhov
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Aleksandrov
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Alekhina
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Zborovskiĭ
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D055909:Magnetic Field Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult