[Physical therapy in angiology].

It is the aim of the physiotherapy in angiology at the classified clinical picture to perform a differential therapy, i.e. physiotherapeutic means graded in their dosage. The domain of physiotherapy in the disturbances of the peripheral arterial blood supply of stage I and II is the active kinesitherapy according to the interval principle. Following the laws of training physiology it induces functional and morphologic processes of adaptation in musculature and skin. In stage III and IV the apparative physiotherapy is used under a curative purpose with dosed serial application. As to the functional disturbances of the blood supply it is the aim of physiotherapy to influence the incorrect vegetative regulation. In the disturbances of the venous reflux measures for the tonisation of the wall of the vein, for the activation of the muscle pump and for the promotion of the resorption of the venous stasis by compression are the basic elements of physiotherapy. Every form of physiotherapy in diseases of the vascular system is dependent on the active cooperation of the patient and his discernment into necessity.