TRANSCRANIAL ELECTROSTIMULATION IN THE REHABILITATION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (scientific review)
In this review, the authors describe rheumatic diseases and justify their rehabilitation treatment. They examine the possibility of application of transcranial electrostimulation in rheumatology for rehabilitation treatment of rheumatic diseases. The significance of the pathogenesis of stress for the development of methods of its correlation is demonstrated. In the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the authors conducted a comparison between the degree of positive effect of transcranial electrostimulation, according to scales pain assessment, and laboratory parameters reflecting the severity of the inflammatory process. Also a comparison with the control group receiving standard basic and anti-inflammatory therapy was performed.