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Вступ. Тракція в динамічному режимі (кінезотракція) – новий напрям, захищений патентами України, в якому поєднуються процедура витягнення та рухова діяльність. Тракційне лікування хребта в динамічному режимі відіграє важливу роль у лікуванні опорно-рухового апарату, тому важливо розуміти будову, механізми роботи й особливості використовуваних конструкцій, зокрема, й розробленої нами ванни.
Мета. Ознайомити з конструкцією ванни для підводного горизонтального полісегментарного кінезотракційного лікування уражень хребта й нижніх кінцівок, методиками її застосування.
Матеріали й методи. Використано контент-аналіз, метод системного та порівняльного аналізів, бібліосемантичний метод вивчення актуальних наукових досліджень, присвячених конструкціям ванн для підводного горизонтального полісегментарного кінезотракційного лікування уражень хребта й нижніх кінцівок, методикам їх використання. Пошук джерел здійснено у наукометричних базах інформації PubMed, Medline, Springer, Google Scholar, Research Gate за ключовими словами: кінезотракція, опорно-руховий апарат, підводне горизонтальне лікування хребта, витягнення, тракційна система. Відібрано й проаналізованo 22 джерела англійською та українською мовами, у яких висвітлено цю проблему. Використано опис ванни для підводного горизонтального полісегментарного тракційного лікування в динамічному режимі уражень хребта й нижніх кінцівок (Свідоцтво про реєстрацію авторського права на науковий твір № 99985, 25.10.2020 р.).
Результати. Розроблена нами конструкція для підводного полісегментарного кінезотракційного лікування уражень хребта й нижніх кінцівок (Свідоцтво про реєстрацію авторського права на науковий твір № 99985, 25.10.2020 р.) призначена для лікування хвороб опорно-рухового апарату, внутрішніх органів, порушень функцій систем життєдіяльности у водному середовищі через вплив дозованих рухових і тракційних навантажень. Конструкція містить ванну з водою, опори для рук, ручки, опорний майданчик для ніг, стійки, систему блоків шийного відділу, систему блоків грудного відділу, систему блоків поперекового відділу, ремінь-підголовник, нагрудний пояс, тазовий пояс, гомілковий ремінь, трос, вантаж. За допомогою ванни можна проводити тракції шийного, грудного, поперекового відділів хребта, їх комбінацій, нижніх кінцівок або ж тотальну тракцію.
Висновки. Тракційне лікування хребта в динамічному режимі відіграє важливу роль у лікуванні опорно-рухового апарату, позаяк ефективніше, ніж статичне. Розуміння будови, методик і особливостей використання конструкцій, зокрема й розробленої нами ванни для підводного горизонтального полісегментарного гідрокінезотракційного лікування уражень хребта й нижніх кінцівок, що має на меті коригування порушень
у нервовій, кістково-суглобовій системах, спричинених змінами морфологічних, біохімічних, фізіологічних механізмів стимуляції функцій систем життєдіяльности, процесів регенерації, є важливою складовою ефективного лікування хвороб опорно-рухового апарату.
Ключові слова: кінезотракція, опорно-руховий апарат, підводне горизонтальне лікування хребта, витягнення, тракційна система.

Introduction: Information about calcium-phosphorus metabolism (CPM) and bone turnover in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), as well as clarifying their diagnostic value for assessing bone structure disorder, will help doctors to detect their lesions in timely manner and, based on the information received, to choose well-founded comprehensive treatment strategy.

Aim: To characterize the indicators of calcium-phosphorus metabolism and bone turnover in patients with liver cirrhosis, and to find out their diagnostic value for detecting bone structure disorder.

Materials and methods: In randomized manner 90 patients with LC (27 women and 63 men of age from 18 to 66), who were treated at the Lviv Regional Hepatological Center (Communal Non-Commercial Enterprise of Lviv Regional Council “Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital”) between 2016 and 2020, were included in the research. The research was carried out in two stages. The purpose of the first stage was to obtain information that would allow characterizing indicators of CPM (total calcium, ionized calcium, phosphorus, total vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D), and parathyroid hormone) and bone turnover (osteocalcin, P1NP, alkaline phosphatase (bone formation markers), and β-Cross Laps (bone resorption marker)) in patients with LC, and the purpose of the second stage was to find out their diagnostic value for assessing bone structure disorder of them. To perform research, an experimental group (EG) (72 patients with impaired bone mineral density (BMD)), which was divided into EG A (46 patients with osteopenia) and EG B (26 patients with osteoporosis), and a comparison group (18 patients with normal BMD) were formed. The control group consisted of 20 relatively healthy people.

Results: At the first stage, it was established that the frequency of cases of increased alkaline phosphatase content was statistically significantly different in LC patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis (p = 0.002), as well as with osteoporosis and normal BMD (p = 0.049). Impaired BMD in general had significant direct stochastic relationship with vitamin D deficiency, decrease in osteocalcin content and increase in P1NP content in serum (Yule's Coefficient of Association (YCA)) >0.50); osteopenia – with decrease in phosphorus content, vitamin D deficiency and increase in P1NP content (YCA >0.50); and osteoporosis – with vitamin D deficiency, decrease in osteocalcin content, increase in P1NP content, and increase in alkaline phosphatase content in serum (YCA >0.50). Significant inverse stochastic relationship was recorded between vitamin D insufficiency and each of the impaired BMD manifestations (YCA <-0.50), which most likely indicates that it is characteristic of normal BMD. At the second stage, it was found that among indicators of CPM and bone turnover, only increase in alkaline phosphatase content in serum can be diagnostically valuable marker of osteoporosis in patients with LC (р <0.050; YCA >0.50; coefficient contingency = 0.32), which has medium sensitive (80.77 %) and positive predictive value (70.00 %) for it. Although other indicators of CPM and bone turover did not confirm their diagnostic value in our research, they may be useful for monitoring pathogenetic changes in bone structure disorder and evaluating the effectiveness of their treatment in patients with LC.

Conclusion: Indicators of calcium-phosphorus metabolism and bone turnover, which are characteristic of bone structure disorder and its absence in patients with liver cirrhosis, were revealed. Among them, an increase in alkaline phosphatase content in serum, which is a moderately sensitive marker of osteoporosis, is diagnostically valuable.

Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects almost all internal organs, among which circulatory system organs (CSO)

lesions are not only among the most common but also at the top of the list of causes of mortality. The tactics of treatment of patients with SLE without and in combination with CSO lesions are fundamentally different, and therefore, improving diagnostic methods will help to enhance the effectiveness of the management of this category of patients.

The aim of the study: To determine the diagnostic value of laboratory markers of syntropic lesions of the circulatory system organs in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Materials and methods: The research included 125 patients with SLE with CSO lesions, among whom the vast majority were young women. Patients were stratified according to syntropy. Syntropic lesions were those whose frequency significantly increased with increasing severity of SLE: retinal angiopathy, capillaritis, Raynaud's syndrome, livedo reticularis, atherosclerosis, mitral valve insufficiency, mitral valve thickening, pericardial effusion, pulmonary hypertension, myocarditis, endocarditis, symptomatic arterial hypertension, and vein thrombosis. During the study, the diagnostic value of individual laboratory markers and their constellations in terms

of sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in patients with SLE with syntropic lesions of CSO was determined step by step, and the one with the highest diagnostic value for the diagnosis of these lesions was chosen. The difference was considered statistically significant if p<0.050. The association coefficient and the contingent coefficient were used to determine the closeness of the relationship between the marker and the syntropic lesion. The relationship was considered confirmed if the association coefficient was ≥ 0.50 or the contingent coefficient was ≥ 0.30.

Results: We studied the diagnostic value of individual laboratory markers and their constellations in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in patients with SLE with syntropic CSO lesions. It was found that the best diagnostic value for the diagnosis of retinal angiopathy is the constellation of ↑ LDL + ↑ IA + ↑ anti-ds DNA + ↑ ANA; capillaritis – ↑ β-globulins + ↑ IA + ↑ anti-ds DNA + ↑ antiphospholipid antibodies Ig M + ↑ anti-Sm + ↓ C4; Raynaud's syndrome – a separate marker ↓ C3; livedo reticularis – ↑ ESR + ↑ small CIC + ↑ anti-ds DNA + ↑ anti-Sm; atherosclerosis – ↓ hemoglobin + ↑ LDL + ↑ ANA + ↓ C4; mitral valve insufficiency – ↑ ESR + ↑ anti-ds DNA + ↑ ANA + ↑ antiphospholipid antibodies Ig M; mitral valve stenosis – ↑ ESR+↑ LDL + ↑ small CK + ↑ ANA; pericardial effusion – erythropenia + ↑ C-RP + ↑ lupus anticoagulant; pulmonary hypertension – hypercholesterolemia + ↑ LDL + ↑ anti-ds DNA + ↑ ANA; myocarditis – an individual marker ↓ C4; endocarditis – ↑ ESR + ↑ total fibrinogen + ↑ γ-globulins + hypercholesterolemia + ↑ anti-Sm; symptomatic arterial hypertension – ↑ LDL + ↑ anti-ds DNA + ↑ ANA + ↑ anti-SSA (Ro); vein thrombosis – erythropenia + ↓ hemoglobin + ↑ LDL + ↑ ANA.

Conclusions: For each syntropic lesion in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, an individual laboratory marker or constellations have been identified that having the best diagnostic value for the diagnosis of these lesions.

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Introduction. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA)are twice as likely to have osteoporosis (OP) compared to the general population. The strength of bones depends on mineral substances, mainly represented by calciumphos phatemicrocrystals. The chiefrole in the regulation of calcium-phosphorus metabolism is played by vitamin D and parathormone(PTH). 
The aim of the study. To investigate markers of calcium-phosphorus metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis accompanied by bone mineral density (BMD) disorders and to find out their diagnostic value.
Materials and methods. 76 patients with RA (64 premenopausal women and 12 mature men) were included in the study. All patients with RA were subjected toultrasound bone densitometry and according to its results, patients were divided into three groups: patients with RA and osteopenia, patients with RA and OP; RA patients without BMDdisorders. The control group included 22 healthy individuals of both genderswithout BMD abnormalities. To evaluate calcium-phosphorus metabolism, ionized calcium, total calcium, phosphorus, PTH, and vitamin Din blood serum, and levels of calcium and phosphorusin urine were detected.
Results. It was revealedthat concentration of total calcium in blood serum of patients with RA is lower compared tohealthy individuals, while the same index in urine ofpatients with RA accompanied byosteopenia,OP or without BMD disorders is higher compared to healthy people. The concentration of vitamin D is significantly lower in patients with RA and OP compared to patients with RA with osteopenia, without BMD disorders,or healthy individuals. The concentration of PTH is higher inhealthy individuals compared to patients with RA without BMD abnormalities or with osteopenia.
Conclusions. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis with osteopenia orosteoporosis, significantly more often than in patients with rheumatoid arthritis without a violation of bone mineral density, ionized and total calcium, phosphorus in serum and urine, as well asvitamin D indices have deviations from the reference valuesand are of diagnostic significance.

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Introduction. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease with numerous clinical manifestations and an unpredictable course. It often lasts for several months or years, with alternating remissions and exacerbations. 

Multiple organs can be affected simultaneously with varying degrees of severity, resulting in treatment- and disease-related comorbidities, including circulatory system diseases, which are one of the leading causes of death of SLE patients.
The aim of the study.To find out the nature and frequency of the circulatory system organs comorbid lesions in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, to characterizethemdepending on the gender, age and the disease duration.
Materials and methods. Prior to performing the study all patients signedthe voluntary consent to participate in accordance with the requirements of Helsinki Declaration of Human Rights, the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. The cohort under investigation included 112 patients with diagnosed SLE of dif-ferent severity with preliminary stratification as follows: females 89.29 %, patients of working age (57.14 % – young and 39.29 % – middle aged), unemployed(58.04 %), III disability grouppatients(45.54 %), city residents (62.50 %).According to the results of the diseaseduration assessment, a significant numberof patients with SLE and circulatory system organs comorbid lesions have been ill for 1–5 years (36.61 %) and more than 10 years (38.39 %). All of them were patients of the rheumatology department of the Communal Non-Profit Enterprise of the Lviv Regional Council "Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital" from 2016 to 2021.The research was carried out in several stages, duringwhich the nature and frequency of the circulatory system comorbid lesions with respect to gender, age and disease duration were estimated.
Results. While completingthe study, almost half of patients with SLE were diagnosed with Raynaud’s syndrome, mitral valve insufficiency and atherosclerosis, about 1/3– with myocarditis, retinal angiopathy, symptomatic arterial hypertension and livedo reticularis. Thevaricose veins of the lower extremities, hypertensive disease, diffuse cardiosclerosis, tricuspid valve insufficiency, veinthrombosis, post-thrombophlebitis syndrome, aortic valve insufficiency, capillaritis, pulmonary hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD) includingstable angina pectoris, cardiomyopathy and post-infarction cardiosclerosiswere found with the decreasing frequency. Raynaud’s syndrome was significantly more often diagnosedin femalesand young people;retinal angiopathy, livedo reticularisand symptomatic arterial hypertension – in femalesand those patients whose SLE lastedfor more than 10 years;myocarditis, varicose veins of the lower extremities – in males;capillaritis – in patients with the shortest duration of SLE;atherosclerosis and mitral valve insufficiency – in elderly patients and patients with SLE lastingfor6–10 years;veinthrombosis and stable angina – in elderly patients and those with SLElasting for more than 10 years; hypertensive disease, diffuse cardiosclerosis, aortic valve insufficiency, post-infarction cardiosclerosis werethe most characteristic for theelderly patients with SLE.
Conclusions. In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, a number of circulatory system organs comorbid lesions were found. Having studied their nature and frequency, characterizing them depending on gender, age and the disease duration, we found out the certain features that should be taken into considerationduring the screening examination of circulatory systemdisorders inpatients with systemic lupus erythematosus and providing them the
integrated care to improve their lifequality. With this in mind, systemic lupus erythematosus requires further detailed study.