Lietuvoje vis aktyviau praktikuojami įvairūs papil- domos ir alternatyvios medicinos (PAM) metodai. Nuoseklių mokslinių tyrimų nėra atlikta, tačiau aki- vaizdu, kad žmonės vis aktyviau naudojasi PAM metodais. Dažnai apie PAM metodus, jų poveikio ypatumus trūksta sisteminių žinių, dėl to jų taiky- mas tradicinės medicinos požiūriu vertinamas rezer- vuotai. Todėl yra aktualus vaizdinių terapijos inte- gralus konceptualizavimas PAM ir tradicinės medi- cinos kontekste, naudojant mokslines kategorijas ir jų implikacijas. Vaizdinių terapija yra integrali tra- dicinės kinų medicinos dalis. Ji grindžiama funda- mentaliu holistiniu mokymu, todėl kompleksiškai apima diagnostiką, terapiją ir prevenciją. Koncep- tualizavimas sustiprintų vaizdinių terapijos profesi- onalizacijos potencialą.

Aim. To evaluate the effects of riding for beginners (short-term) and advanced (long-term) riders with cerebral palsy on their whole mobility. The study involved 15 subjects (two girls and eleven boys). The subjects were aged from 3 to 19 years (8.73 years ± 5.85). All of the subjects had been diagnosed with a spastic form of cerebral palsy. The duration of the participation differed as follows: the advanced subjects had been riding for 1-4 years (2.66 years ± 1.16), while the beginners have been riding for two weeks (10 sessions). Group I (advanced riders) consisted of eight subjects (7 boys and 1 girl) who had therapy sessions regularly once a week and differed only in terms of the duration of their participation in the experiment. Group II (beginners) consisted of seven children (1 girl and 6 boys) who participated in only 10 riding sessions. All of the subjects were assessed according to the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and Gross Motor Function Classification System for CP (GMFCS) both before the investigation and after it. Conclusions. Ten riding lessons did not have an influence on the beginner riders with cerebral palsy gross motor functions and their gross motor function level did not change. However, in half of the advanced riders with cerebral palsy, the gross motor functions significantly improved. Meanwhile, the level of the performance of the gross motor skills in the four advanced riders increased, but this difference was not statistically significant.

Background. Human health is largely determined by the body’s resistance to various damagingfactors and, in particular, the functional state of its immune system. The use of unique, new generation immunomodulators in prevention of diseases is promising.Goal of the research was to defne the perspectives in the application of immunocorrector Transfer factorTM in immunoprophylaxis programmes and immunorehabilitation analysing and summarizing scientifc articles.Methods. Systemic literature overview was performed, including 77 scientifc articles and conference proceedings in English, published in the period from 1949 to 2016. The main inclusion criterion was clinical trial or literature review, analysing the effect of immunocorrector on human healthin cases of different disorders.Results. Transfer factors are molecules that communicate antigenic immunological informationintracellularly from a donor to a recipient. Mammalian Transfer factors, including those of humansare small molecules between 3,500 and 10,000 Daltons. Transfer factor’s functions of cell-mediatedimmunity and non-specifc immunological activity differ from the functions of antibodies. Transferfactors are divided into three fractions: the inductors that provide rapid immune response and generalreadiness of the immune system; suppressors, which regulate the intensity of the immune response,preventing allergic and autoimmune reactions; antigen specifc Transfer factors with a set of certainantigens, allowing quick adjusting of the immune system to recognize many bacterial and viruses.Conclusions. Transfer factors have no side effects and are considered as highly effective in treatment of infectious, parasitic, oncological, dermatological, venereal and somatic diseases, so arehighly recommended for preventive purposes and decreasing of aging.

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