title: [The effectiveness of comprehensive rehabilitation of the patients presenting with coronary heart disease with the application of underwater shower massage and electrical stimulation].
abstract: The underwater shower massage and electrical stimulation were applied to treat 120 patients presenting with coronary heart disease. The estimation of the effectiveness of this treatment with the use of functional diagnostic methods revealed its psychocorrective effect manifested in the form of reduced frequency and duration of painful and painless angina seizures, restricted sympathetic influences on the heart as well as normalized sympathovagal balance, lipid status, antioxidative system, central and peripheral hemodynamics, improved systolic and diastolic function of the myocardium, enhanced tolerability of mental, emotional, and physical workload. The study allowed the predictors of the effectiveness of therapeutic and health-promoting measures to be identified.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rykov
authors.forename: O D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Lebedeva
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: L'vova
authors.forename: Iu Iu
authors.initials: IuIu
authors.lastname: Tupitsina
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*