[Evaluation of the efficacy of therapeutic physical training in patients with osteochondrosis according to rheoencephalography data].

This paper reports results of clinical and rheoencephalographic examination of 40 middle-age women with cervical osteochondrosis and symptoms of insufficiency of vertebrobasiliar blood circulation. A system of methods for therapeutic physical training has beendeveloped to normalize hemodynamics in the basin of vertebral arteries. The system was tested on 20 patients during a year. It included special physical exercises, massage, and automobilization. The efficiency of therapeutic physical training was evaluated by rheoencephalography. The women involved in the testing reported a marked improvement of the health status. Their rheoencephalograms suggested diminishing of the asymmetry coefficient and beneficial effect of therapeutic physical training on the elastic properties of vertebral arteries. No such changes were documented in a control group of women with osteochondrosis.