A fEMG of the muscles is a more sensitive and informative method of the diagnosis of disorders of motor function and assessment of recovery process of the muscles of the shoulder joint in patients with hemiparesis.

The method for the study of kinematics of the movements in the shoulder joints appears to be most sensitive and informative for the purpose of diagnostics of disorders of the motor function and assessment of the process of its restoration in the patients presenting with hemiparesis during the acute period of hemispheric stroke.

This review presents an analysis of scientific papers on the conservative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis with spinal braces. Insufficient awareness of brace treatment for spinal deformities is often the reason for the negative attitude of orthopedists toward brace therapy and the conservative treatment of scoliosis in general. In world practice, braces have been the primary and scientifically proven technique for conservative treatment of intermediate forms (grades IIIII) of scoliosis in children and adolescents for over 50 years. Modern spinal braces are active orthopedic products that provide three-dimensional correction of the existing deformity and prevent the progression of scoliosis. The main goal of using braces is to eliminate the pathological displacement of the vertebrae, ribs, and pelvis to a physiological state by applying pressure to specific body areas and actively correcting the deformity. Using a brace is the only non-surgical method to treat scoliosis with scientifically proven efficiency. The poor results of using braces to treat scoliosis are primarily due to insufficient correction in the brace, non-compliance with the wearing time, and the lack of adjunctive therapy. The efficiency of brace therapy depends on three main factors that require the personal involvement of the patient: the time of wearing the corset per day, the degree of correction in the corset, and constant (daily) training of the back muscles. The results of recent multicenter studies confirm the efficiency of using braces to treat idiopathic adolescent scoliosis.

BACKGROUND: Severe functional disorders in the internal organs and systems of the body, increased fatiguability, and cosmetic body shape defects that lead to social and psychological problems, as well as the potential adverse effect of the progression of scoliotic deformity, necessitate the constant monitoring and timely treatment of sick children until their bone growth is completed. Thus, early diagnostics of scoliosis and timely combination therapy at the early stages of the disease are required. AIM: This study aimed to compare the efficiency of spinal deformity correction and apical vertebrae derotation in pediatric patients with thoracic spine idiopathic scoliosis and justification of the use of physiotherapy exercise method, Conscious correction of scoliosis and postural disorders (DCS) in children and adolescents with degrees 13 thoracic spine idiopathic scoliosis (IS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 98 patients with IS under supervision (78 (79.6%) females and 20 (20.4%) males). The average age of subjects was 12.5 years (916 years), namely 25 patients aged 911 years, 42 patients aged 1214 years old, and 31 patients aged 1416 years old. The anatomical type of deformity and its parameters were determined according to radiographs and clinical examination data (81 cases of right-sided thoracic scoliosis and 17 left-sided thoracic scolioses). The angular deformity was assessed according to J.R. Cobb, and the angle of curvature was 736. At baseline, all patients had active growth bone plasticity of the spine. Depending on the degree of deformity, they were distributed into groups of 37 patients with 716, 33 patients with 1722, and 28 patients with 2336. The radiograph analyses of the spine were performed in frontal and lateral projections in an upright position (frontal and sagittal plane curvature in degree measurements). Radiography was performed before the complex therapy and 2 years thereafter, which included individual isometric, derotation, respiratory, and other complexes of physiotherapy exercises according to the methods of DCS, K. Schroth, and Chneau corsetting. RESULTS: The changes over time of scoliotic deformity angle correction are closely related to the time of diagnosis, which was noted in all patient groups under study. CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnostics of thoracic spine IS and the use of DCS remedial gymnastics within the program of timely conservative treatment eliminated the disease progression in patients with deformity up to 17. In the case of IS of 20 and more, the combined use of the Chneau corset and exercise therapy using the DCS method achieved significant stabilization and correction.

The data obtained in the study of incidence in children, reflect the results of the children’s clinic. Analysis of the incidence was carried out according to the analysis of medical records. In the structure of general and chronic morbidity in children, the leading places belong to respiratory diseases, among which chronic diseases of adenoids and tonsils prevail (67.7%). Therefore, prevention and timely effective treatment of diseases of the respiratory system will reduce the overall incidence, and, consequently, improve the performance of a children’s clinic. To determine the role of medical rehabilitation, a group of children aged 3 to 14 years with chronic respiratory diseases was recruited in the amount of 127 children (68 boys and 59 girls). In the main group (n=78), treatment without exacerbation included 3 courses of comprehensive medical rehabilitation, including physiotherapy, reflexology, and physical therapy; in the control (n=49) treatment was carried out only in the period of exacerbation. The total duration of observation in both groups was 12 months. The effectiveness of treatment was assessed by the dynamics of the frequency and duration of colds and exacerbations of chronic diseases during the year. In the main group, the average frequency of colds for the year decreased by 2 times (p