Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reaction of the cardiovascular system of men with vertebral thoracalgia to manual therapy procedures on the chest during the course of sanatorium-resort treatment of spinal osteochondrosis.Material and methodsUnder supervision were 26 men aged 32.3 (27.9; 42.9) years who underwent a course of sanatorium-resort treatment for vertebral thoracalgia in the clinical sanatorium named after V.P. Chkalov (Odesa, Ukraine) in 2010–2011. The treatment complex included of4 thoracic spine manual therapy(TSMT) procedures, which were performed every 5–7 days of sanatorium-resort treatment. The indicators of the cardiovascularsystem were recorded using the Omron M1 Classic device (Japan) in a supine position before and after every procedure TSMT.
