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[Muscular contrapulsation in rehabilitation of patients with osteoarthrosis].
Shavianidze, GO, Lapanashvili, LV
Voprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury. 2006;(5):11-4
Abstract
Muscular contrapulsation (MCP) alone was used in osteoarthrosis patients as well as in combination with balneotherapy (radon and iodine-bromine baths). MCP of the lower limbs produced an analgetic and anti-inflammatory effect, improved the locomotor function, muscular tonicity, hemodynamics. MCP combination with radon and iodine-bromine baths potentiates the above positive effects. Thus, MCP can be recommended alone and in combination with radon and iodine-bromine baths for rehabilitation and outpatient treatment of lower limbs osteoarthrosis.
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Effect of diclofenac alone or in combination with alpha-tocopherol on the oxidative activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in healthy and osteoarthritic individuals.
Al-Arfaj, AS, Alballa, SR, Mustafa, AA, Al-Tuwaijri, AS, Al-Dalaan, AN, Al-Humayyd, MS
Saudi medical journal. 2004;(2):198-203
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of diclofenac alone or when combined with alpha-tocopherol on the oxidative activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in healthy and osteoarthritic (OA) patients. METHODS The study was carried out at the College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the period 1999 to 2000. Twelve healthy controls and 12 osteoarthritic patients were recruited to the study. Twelve healthy controls and osteoarthritic patients were given diclofenac 50 mg thrice daily orally, initially for 5 days then alpha-tocopherol at 200 mg thrice daily orally, was added for another 5 days. Blood samples were drawn before the start of the study (pre-treatment) and at 5 days following treatment with diclofenac alone and 10 days following treatment with diclofenac and alpha-tocopherol. Chemiluminescence (CL) response was measured for whole blood and isolated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) on all samples. RESULTS Diclofenac enhanced CL response of whole blood and of PMNs of healthy controls when stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and opsonized zymosan (OPZ). Co-treatment with alpha-tocopherol resulted in no appreciable change in the CL response of whole blood when stimulated with PMA or OPZ but a further significant enhancement of CL response of isolated PMNs when these cells were stimulated by either PMA or OPZ. In osteoarthritic patients, diclofenac alone and when combined with alpha-tocopherol showed no significant change in CL response of whole blood. The CL response of PMNs from OA patients was decreased by diclofenac alone. However, this inhibitory effect was not observed when alpha-tocopherol was used together with diclofenac. CONCLUSION The effect of diclofenac alone or in combination with alpha-tocopherol did not produce a consistent effect on the CL response of whole blood or isolated PMNs of healthy or osteoarthritic patients.