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The vasodilatory, healing and regenerating effects of
low-frequency pulsed magnetic therapy positively influences
microcirculation in the central nervous system if the
application is focused on the head and spinal area.
This effect is mainly used in the rehabilitation of children with minimal brain dysfunction
or cerebral palsy, in the rehabilitation of adults in post-cerebrovascular accident
conditions and for a whole group of degenerative diseases of the central nervous system of
various aetiology such as Alzheimer's dementia,
Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.
Minimal brain dysfunction or attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder is a disorder of the central nervous
system in children; it develops during intrauterine life,
due to birth trauma, ischaemia and many other factors.
The main treatment approach is pharmacotherapy focused on brain
nutrition and increased blood flow of oxygenated blood through the
brain in order that pathological changes can cure and regenerate
faster, that other parts of the brain more quickly take over
the functions of the damaged part, and that the parts that can
still be influenced are regenerated. Minimal brain dysfunction has
many manifestations, such as mobility disorders, insufficient
concentration, speech disorders, hyperactivity and hypoactivity.
Cerebral palsy is a disorder of the central
regulation and development of mobility resulting
from damage to the immature brain during early
development, before, during or soon after birth.
It is associated with a wide range of disorders such as mental disorders, nervous seizures,
sensory defects and communication disorders; of course, mobility disorders always prevail.
Application of low-frequency magnetic therapy is aimed at these mobility
disorders, as we distinguish spastic and non-spastic forms of cerebral palsy.
Application of low-frequency pulsed magnetic therapy and using its
muscle relaxation effect is an ideal preparation before further
exercise and further targeted rehabilitation; therefore, these applications
should certainly be part of comprehensive rehabilitation care.
Brain dysfunction in adults is usually related to an insufficient or damaged vascular
supply to the brain and degenerative changes due to ischaemic, autoimmune or toxic changes.
For example, after a cerebrovascular accident, magnetic therapy is used during so-called
early rehabilitation, i.e. magnetic therapy is usually indicated after the patient is
discharged from hospital, when the acute stage of the disease has been managed; the patient
comes home and immediately starts with exercise and other rehabilitation activities.
Thanks to the direct stimulation of neurons, low-frequency magnetic therapy provides
vasodilatation of capillaries and pre-capillaries, which creates better conditions for
microcirculation and for the direct stimulation of nervous functions; therefore, its
results are very good. The sooner magnetic therapy starts, the better the results will be.
Degenerative CNS diseases include a wide range of diseases manifested by damage and death
of neurons where no inflammatory, toxic or metabolic aetiology can be demonstrated.
These include degenerative diseases affecting mostly the cerebral cortex, Alzheimer's
disease, Pick's disease, degenerative diseases affecting mainly the extrapyramidal
system, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's diseases and syndrome, degenerative
diseases of the cerebellum, spinal cord diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, etc.
Many of these degenerative diseases of the central nervous system require
comprehensive rehabilitation within the framework of targeted treatment.
Application of low-frequency pulsed magnetic therapy can be of crucial
benefit for the patient within the whole rehabilitation care.
Magnetic therapy helps the patient get rid of certain
problems and symptoms of diseases, it improves
the quality of life and extends the time during
which the disease's symptoms are not that serious.
When applying low-frequency pulsed magnetic therapy to the cerebellum
and brain, many changes occur which lead, for example, to increased
secretion of melatonin, the transport of calcium ions from the cells
to the extracellular space, and a significant vasodilatory effect.
All these effects are positive, they slow down or break manifestations of
degenerative diseases and extend the active life of individual patients.