Natural therapeutic factors in medical rehabilitation of patients with post-COVID syndrome

The feasibility of using therapeutic physical factors in post-COVID syndrome is due to their sanogenetic effects that ensure the restoration of impaired bodily functions, which serves as the basis for their use at various stages of medical rehabilitation of this category of patients.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a new medical technology for the 3rd outpatient stage of medical rehabilitation of the patients with post-COVID syndrome using natural therapeutic factors of Nalchik resort.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: There has been carried out a controlled study in compliance with the principles of randomization to develop an outpatient medical rehabilitation program including 168 patients with post-COVID syndrome. All the patients were divided into four groups: the control group (n=40) was prescribed pharmacotherapy and physical therapy in the hall in accordance with federal clinical recommendations; comparison group 1 (n=43) had drinking mineral water in addition; comparison group 2 (n=43) received physical therapy on the route of Nalchik resort terrainkur in addition to the treatment in comparison group 1; the main group (n=42) included a group psychotherapy on the Terrainkur route in addition to the treatment in comparison group 2.

RESULTS: The results of the comparative analysis showed the feasibility of the developed outpatient medical rehabilitation program for the patients suffering from post-COVID syndrome: the overall effectiveness of rehabilitation measures increased compared to other follow-up groups by 10-15% due to the improvement of external breathing function (p<0.05), cognitive status (p<0.01), increased exercise tolerance (p<0.01), physical recovery (p<0.01) and mental health (p<0.01).

CONCLUSION: The summation and integration of sanogenetic effects of physical factors, psychocorrective techniques, and pharmacotherapy provide a significant improvement in the physical and mental status of the patients with post-COVID syndrome.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Voprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury - 99(2022), 6. Vyp. 2 vom: 13., Seite 5-11

Sprache:

Russisch

Weiterer Titel:

Prirodnye lechebnye faktory v meditsinskoi reabilitatsii patsientov s postkovidnym sindromom

Beteiligte Personen:

Achabaeva, A B [VerfasserIn]
Kaisinova, A S [VerfasserIn]
Gusov, R M [VerfasserIn]
Taimazova, Z A [VerfasserIn]
Efimenko, N V [VerfasserIn]
Chalaya, E N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

English Abstract
Journal Article
Medical rehabilitation
Mineral Waters
Nalchik resort
Post-COVID syndrome
Therapeutic physical factors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.12.2022

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.17116/kurort2022990625

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350235481