APPLICATION OF UNDERWATER SPINAL TRACTION WITH UNDERWATER PHOTOTHERAPY FOR

DEGENERATIVE-DYSTROPHIC DAMAGE OF THE SPINE.

Vladimir Dodtievich BITSOEV

State-Financed Health Institution of Moscow “Municipal Polyclinic No. 69 of the Moscow Health Department”

tel.: (495) 672 82 87, fax: (495) 304 30 15, v.bitsoev@yandex.ru

The device for underwater spinal traction with phototherapy and the system for continuous adjustable spinal traction

Distribution of studied patients with degenerative lumbar-sacral spine disease according to methods of treatment and age groups (n=745)

Medication Physical therapy and medication

Physical therapy withunderwater phototherapyof the spine

Physical therapy withunderwater traction ofthe lumbar-sacral spine

Underwater traction withunderwater phototherapyof the lumbar-sacral spine

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Methods of treatment

Aged from 17 to 30 Aged from 31 to 40 Aged from 41 to 50 Aged from 51 to 60 Total

Frequency of distribution of cohorts under study selected according to the MRI results of the lumbar-sacral spine (n=269)

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Methods of treatment

Hernia protrusion 5-13 mm Hernia protrusion under 5 mm

The results of evaluation of pain intensity before and after treatment

Pain intensity

Number of patients

Before treatment After treatment

People % People %

До 100% 10 3.9 - -

60 – 80% 32 12.3 - -

40 – 60% 197 75.8 9 3.5

20 – 40% 21 8.0 11 4.2

0 – 20% - - 240 92.3

Total 260 100 260 100

The distribution of the cohorts under study selected according to the MRI results and age groups before treatment (n=269)

Age

Dorsopathy of the spine, osteochondrosis with an intervertebral disc hernia

protrusion of under 5 mm.

Dorsopathy of the spine, osteochondrosis with an intervertebral disc hernia

protrusion from 5 to 13 mm.

Total

abs. % abs. % abs. %

17-30 y.o. 16 21.0 27 14.0 43 16.0

31-40 y.o. 18 23.7 48 25.0 66 24.5

41-50 y.o. 28 36.8 67 34.7 95 35.3

51-60 y.o. 14 18.4 51 26.4 65 24.2

total 76 28.2 193 71.8 269 100.0

Intervertebral disc herniation into the

spinal canal

Regression of the intervertebral disc herniation into the spinal canal

Total

By 30% By 40% By 50% People %

Under 3 mm. 5 9 15 29 10.8From 3 to 5 mm. 6 23 18 47 17.5From 5 to 7 mm. 22 17 26 65 24.2From 7 to 9 mm. 38 28 29 95 35.3From 9 to 13 mm. 16 5 12 33 12.2

Total 87 82 100 269 100

The distribution of patients according to the regression of the intervertebral disc herniation into the spinal canal after

treatment based on the MRI results (n=269)

The results of comparing the frequencies of the feature – “improvement – absence of pain”- in the groups of patients treated with methods 1-5

1 2 3 4 5

1

2 0.4054

3 0.0000* 0.0000*

4 0.0000* 0.0000* 0.0000*

5 0.0000* 0.0000* 0.0001* p=.0275*

The results of comparing the frequencies of the feature – “no change – lack of clinical dynamics”- in the groups of patients treated with methods 1-5

1 2 3 4 5

1

2 0.1986

3 0.0020* 0.0667

4 0.0000* 0.0009* 0.1132

5 0.0000* 0.0000* 0.0008* 0.0918

METHODS FOR STUDYING THE DIRECT EFFECT OF POLARIZED LIGHT OF THE DEVICE “BIOPTRON” AND THROUGH A FIBER OPTIC CABLE ON WATER, BLOOD PASMA AND THE WHOLE BODY

1. IR spectroscopy in the range of 4000-400 cm-1 (in the Fourier spectrometer Perkin-Elmer 2000 between the plates KRS-5), the study was conducted in the IPCE RAS after AA Frumkin;

2. The study of Raman scattering of light (Raman scattering) of water samples with the automated fiber-optic spectrometers (Institute of Spectroscopy, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region, Fiber Optics Research Center of RAS, Moscow);

3. Evanescent infrared spectroscopy of the skin in vivo with a fiber optic sensor (Fiber Optics Research Center, RAS, Moscow).

Part of the infrared spectrum of tap water before and after exposure to polarized light of the device “Bioptron" wavelength 480-3400

nm(photon energy of 2.6 - 0.34 eV)

Curves: 1 – initial tap water (before exposure); 2 – after exposure for 4 minutes; 3 – after exposure for fifteen minutes to the Bioptron placed at a distance of 10 cm above water

IR-spectrum of tap water after exposure to the “Bioptron” polarized light, wavelength 480-3400 nm (photon energy of 2.6 - 0.34 eV).

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IR spectra of blood plasma after exposure to polarized light of the device “Bioptron“

1- plasma spectrum before exposure (control spectrum); 2- plasma spectrum after exposure to PVIP light of the “Bioptron” in a Petri dish for 4 minutes;3- plasma spectrum after exposure to PVIP light of the “Bioptron” in a Petri dish for 15 minutes; 4- plasma spectrum in 60 minutes after the patient had a 15-minute bath (the water was previously exposed to PVIP light for fifteen minutes).

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Part of the Raman scattering (RS) spectrum of tap water after exposure to polarized light of the device “Bioptron” and through a

fiber cable for 10 minutes.10’

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itsFrequency of Raman light scattering, cm-1

1. Unexposed distillate2. Exposure through a fiber cable 10’3. Exposure to Bioptron 10’

1. Control water2. Exposure to PVIP light of the device “Bioptron” for 4 min.3. Exposure to PVIP light of the device “Bioptron” for 10 min.4. Exposure to yellow light through a fiber optic cable for 10 min.

Evanescent spectra of the skin transmission after removing 5 and 10 layers from it and exposing it to polarized light of the device “Bioptron" for 10

minutes

1- spectrum of the skin before exposure;2- spectrum of the skin after exposure to the device “Bioptron” for 10 min.;3- spectrum of the skin after removing 5 layers;4- spectrum of the skin after removing 10 layers.

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IR-spectrum of the skin after exposure to yellow light through a fiber optic cable for 10 minutes.

IR-spectrum of the skin after dipping the hand in the water irradiated with yellow light through a fiber optic cable for 10 min.

IR-spectrum of the skin after the hand was exposed to polarized light of the device “Bioptron” for 10 min.

IR-spectrum of the skin after dipping the hand in unexposed tap water for 10 min.

IR-spectrum of the skin after dipping the hand in water irradiated with the “Bioptron” light for 10 min.