TREATMENT OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM GONARTHROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER LIMB EDEMA SYNDROME

摘要

FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to physiotherapy. Treatment mode includes physiotherapy combined with nonsteroid antiinflammatory pharmacotherapy. The patient while lying on back is exposed to pulse magnetotherapy within a projection of anterior knee joint within 10 minutes. Then the action contrast temperatures and low-frequency ultrasound are combined with injection of protein-degrading enzyme Chymopsinum into a projection of superior torsion of knee joint. The course includes 10 procedures. ^ EFFECT: method improves microcirculation and reduces congestions in knee joint due to higher lymphatic and venous drainage and arterial inflow to the whole knee joint. ^ 9 tbl, 1 ex