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[Various features of the treatment of patients with radicular manifestations of lumbar osteochondrosis]

Macheret EL, Samosiuk IZ.

The authors propose a systematized complex of pathogenetic treatment intended for patients suffering from lumbosacral radiculitis associated with unstable intervertebral segments. This modality includes relaxing massage, acupuncture, therapeutic physical exercises and spinal muscles electrostimulation with subsequent corsetting of the lumbar portion of the spine. When the proposed method was used for treating 52 patients suffering from lumbosacral radiculitis with unstable intervertebral segments, 47 patients recovered, three showed considerable improvement and only two subjects displayed no improvement following the treatment. The above data warrant the introduction of this therapeutic modality into clinical practice.