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(Effect of physical factors on psychological characteristics of patients with transitory cerebral ischemia) [Russian]
Aivazyan TA, Taravkova IA, Maslovskaia SG, Strel'nikov AV
Voprosy Kurortologii, Fizioterapii i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury [Problems of Health Resorts, Physiotherapy and Exercise Therapy] 1992;69(2):41-43
clinical trial
2/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: No; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Seventy-eight patients with transitory cerebral ischemia (TCI) received a course of physiotherapy (68 subjects) or UHF therapy (10 control subjects). According to the authors' data TCI patients differed from hypertensive subjects as regards psychological status by predominance of psycho-organic and asthenic symptoms. It was found that neurological and mental statuses benefited from physiotherapy. The psychological status underwent less pronounced positive shifts.

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