RU2168935C2 - Physiotherapeutical method for correcting physiological state of human organism - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves acting upon cerebral areas in the vicinity of front and back of the head with biocurrents recorded in advance from the same areas of the human brain. Cerebral reticular formation of the patient is irritated with electric current. The preliminarily recorded biocurrent readings taken from areas of the human brain in the vicinity of front and back of the head as continuous series of electric impulses are subjected to frequency analysis and filtration. Areas containing noise data and artifacts are deleted and changed with ones containing no noise data and artifacts. Another continuous series of electric impulses is created from them and applied as action. Reticular formation irritation is carried out with electric current smoothly and/or stepwise changing voltage in the range of 2-240 V and/or current intensity in the range of 2-70 mA and/or current frequency in the range of 0.5-1700 Hz. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of correction. 4 cl

Description

 The invention relates to medicine, in particular to methods for correcting the physiological state of the human body using electrobiostimulation of its central nervous system, and can be directly used for therapeutic effects on people suffering from various disorders of the regulatory function of the brain, preventive effects on people working in conditions requiring them to increase mental and physical activity or under extreme conditions, for example, among pilots ode period and the air traffic controllers on duty at the time.

 There is a method of inducing artificial sleep in a patient, namely, that his brain through electrodes located in certain areas of the head, for example in the forehead and occiput, is affected by reproduced natural biocurrents previously recorded from the same parts of the human head during deep medication sleep [1].

 However, when trying to apply the known method in the treatment of, for example, neurosis, psychosomatic diseases (hypertension, neurocirculatory dystonia, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, bronchial asthma), neurodermatitis, diabetes insipidus and some others, as well as in attempts to stimulate the reserve capabilities of the human body (increased immunity, the use of stimulants; increased memory and ability to perceive new information and others) failed to achieve any significant therapeutic go or preventive effect except normalization of sleep.

 There is also known a method of treating patients with peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, including exposure to reflexogenic zones with increasing frequency of electromagnetic radiation, under constant monitoring of the electroencephalogram, up to the frequency of the moment of change of the β-rhythm on the α-rhythm and subsequent exposure to a signal at this frequency for 30- 90 minutes [2].

 The change of the β - rhythm to the α - rhythm in the electroencephalogram characterizes the transition of the cortical elements of the brain to a calm state, which subjectively manifests itself in a state of relaxation or sleep and determines the frequency that provides the occurrence of a biological effect. However, a pronounced α - rhythm is characteristic for people with a high level of plasticity of neurodynamic processes. In addition, in some individuals the α - rhythm is generally absent, as a result of which the regulation of electromagnetic radiation according to the α - rhythm of the electroencephalogram reduces the effectiveness of the method.

 There is also known a method of stimulating mental and physical activity in humans, including exposure by means of electrodes to portions of the brain in the forehead and the back of the patient's neck with reproduced natural biocurrents previously recorded from the same portions of the brain of a person under the influence of a medicine, natural biocurrents increase from 0, 05 - 1.0 mA to 15-25 mA and modulate to a carrier frequency of 1600 - 1700 Hz, and as a medication use a stimulant [3].

 In the known method of inducing artificial sleep in humans, including exposure by means of electrodes to portions of the brain in the forehead and the nape of the patient with reproduced natural biocurrents previously recorded from the same portions of the human brain during deep medication sleep, natural biocurrents increase from 0.05 - 1.0 mA to 10-20 mA and modulate to a carrier frequency of 1600 - 1700 Hz from minimum to maximum and vice versa [4].

 The closest analogue is the method of electrobiostimulation of the central nervous system of a person, including exposure to areas of the brain in the forehead and the back of the patient's neck with reproduced natural biocurrents previously recorded from the same parts of the human brain, simultaneously with the influence of biocurrents, they stimulate the reticular formation of the patient's brain with an electric current 10-70 mA and a frequency of 0.5 - 320 Hz, and it is possible to use biocurrents previously recorded in a person under the influence of a medication [5].

 However, these methods are not without drawbacks. Due to the fact that electroencephalographs contain electronic amplifiers with a sufficiently high gain, they have a significant level of intrinsic noise, which negatively affects the results of the application of the method. But the most important thing is that artifacts (significant non-functional changes in the electroencephalogram caused by the patient's muscle tension, electrical interference, hardware malfunctions), which are very often present when recording the electroencephalogram and are inadequate stimuli for the central nervous system, which reduces the therapeutic and preventive effects. In addition, these disadvantages do not allow the use in known methods of the entire range of effective frequencies.

 The problem to which the invention is directed is to increase the effectiveness of the physiotherapeutic effect on the patient by eliminating noise and artifacts from the electroencephalogram and applying the most effective frequency range.

 The problem is solved in that in the method of physiotherapeutic correction of the physiological state of a person, consisting of exposure to areas of the brain in the forehead and occiput of the patient with reproduced natural biocurrents previously recorded from the same parts of the human brain, and the simultaneous irritation of the reticular formation of the patient’s brain with an electric current, pre-recorded biocurrents from parts of the human brain in the forehead and occiput in the form of a continuous sequence of electrical their pulses are subjected to frequency analysis and filtering, then sections containing noises and artifacts are removed from this pulse sequence and replaced with those that do not, create another continuous pulse sequence from them, by means of which they act, or pre-recorded biocurrents in the form of a continuous sequence of electrical pulses are subjected to frequency analysis and filtering, then select individual pulses or groups of pulses that do not contain noise and / or artifacts, create of these, another continuous sequence of pulses, through which they produce an effect, irritation of the reticular formation is carried out by an electric current smoothly and / or stepwise changing the voltage in the range of 2 - 240 V, and / or the current strength in the range of 2 - 70 mA, and / or the current frequency in the range 0.5 - 1700 Hz, in addition, the effect can be carried out by biocurrents previously recorded in a person under the influence of a medication.

 The implementation of the method is illustrated by the following examples.

 The installation by which the inventive method is implemented includes a hardware-software complex based on a personal computer for analysis and processing of recorded biorhythms, a recording and reproducing biocurrent device, current and reproducible biocurrent amplifiers, an electric stimulator and a set of electrodes.

 In general terms, the method is implemented as follows.

 In a patient or a healthy person, if necessary, under the influence of a medication, which is selected depending on the diagnosis, biocurrents are recorded in the form of a sequence of electrical pulses when the electrodes are located in the forehead and nape. The recorded sequence of electrical impulses (electroencephalogram) is subjected to frequency analysis and filtering in the range of 0.5 - 40 Hz, since it is in this frequency range that the prevailing rhythms are concentrated. Pulses and / or their sections containing noises and / or artifacts are removed from the sequence and replaced by those that do not. In addition, you can create a sequence of one or more pulses that do not contain noise and artifacts by repeating them repeatedly.

 Electrodes are placed on the forehead and nape of the patient for exposure to a sequence of electrical pulses prepared in advance and processed by the present method. Exposure is in the range of 2-24 V.

 Simultaneously with this action, the reticular formation is irritated when the electrodes are placed in the oculooccipital region with an electric current in the range of 2 - 240 V, 2-70 mA and a frequency of 0.5 - 1700 Hz, gradually and / or stepwise changing the voltage and / or current strength, and / or frequency of current depending on the diagnosis, condition and response of the patient to the impact. The exposure time for 1 session also depends on the diagnosis, condition and response of the patient to the exposure and usually ranges from 10 to 65 minutes. The number of sessions is determined by the change in the objective state of the patient. The number of sessions can range from 1 to 7.

 Example 1. Patient A., 27 years old with a diagnosis of neurasthenia during treatment, was exposed to biocurrents recorded in a healthy person at rest and in the same patient during medical sleep or immediately after administration of a tranquilizer (phenazepam). Electrodes for exposure to biocurrents (20–30 mA) were applied extracerebrally, and the reticular formation was stimulated by currents of 20–50 mA at a frequency of 50–100 Hz with an oculo-occipital arrangement of electrodes. Exposure to biocurrents and irritation of the reticular formation was performed simultaneously. Noises and artifacts from biocurrent records were not deleted. The exposure time in one session was 40-60 minutes. Conducted 5 sessions. As a result, irritability decreased, sleep normalized, and working capacity was restored.

 Example 2. Patient B., 36 years old with a diagnosis of neurasthenia during treatment, was exposed to biocurrents recorded in a healthy person at rest and in the same patient during medical sleep or immediately after administration of a tranquilizer (phenazepam). Electrodes for exposure to biocurrents (20–30 mA) were applied extracerebrally, and the reticular formation was stimulated by currents of 20–50 mA at a frequency of 50–100 Hz with an oculo-occipital arrangement of electrodes. Exposure to biocurrents and irritation of the reticular formation was performed simultaneously. Noises and artifacts from the biocurrent records were deleted, the records were corrected. The exposure time for one session was 20 - 45 minutes. Conducted 3 sessions. Almost the same result was achieved as in Example 1.

 Example 3. Patient V., 55 years old, with a diagnosis of hypertension of the first degree during treatment was exposed to extracerebral biocurrents (30 - 40 mA), previously recorded in a healthy person at rest, with simultaneous irritation of the reticular formation with currents of 15 - 35 mA with with a frequency of 90 - 360 Hz with an eye-occipital arrangement of electrodes. The exposure time for one session was 25-50 minutes. Conducted 7 sessions. As a result, blood pressure returned to normal, sleep improved, irritability decreased, and performance was restored.

 Example 4. Patient G., 32 years old with a diagnosis of neurodermatitis, was treated extracerebrally with biocurrents (20 - 40 mA) previously recorded in a healthy person at rest and biocurrents of the same patient, recorded 30-60 minutes after the treatment dose phenazepam. At the same time, the reticular formation was stimulated by currents of 20–70 mA with a frequency of 250–550 Hz using eye-occipital electrodes.

 The duration of the session was 40-60 minutes. Conducted 5 sessions. After the second session, the itching decreased. After 5 sessions, sleep returned to normal, nervousness disappeared, the itching stopped.

 Example 5. Patient D., 44 years old. Diagnosis: neurasthenia (hyposthenic form). Complaints of increased fatigue during mental and physical exertion. The patient’s brain was affected by biocurrents recorded at the same time at the beginning of treatment, 40 minutes after the introduction of a stimulating agent - sydnocarb. At the same time, the reticular formation was stimulated by currents of 20–60 mA with a frequency of 1000–1700 Hz using eye-occipital electrodes.

 On the second day, the patient's condition improved, fatigue decreased during mental and physical work. After 6 sessions, performance was completely normal.

 Example 6. Patient K., 36 years old. Diagnosis: neurasthenia (hypersthenic form) with sleep disturbance. Complains of increased irritability, superficial, slightly refreshing sleep and the inability to fall asleep in transport, during inter-flight rest (patient-pilot), in extreme conditions. The patient was administered a single dose of sleeping pills (from a number of barbiturates). After 30 - 40 minutes, he recorded brain biocurrents. During treatment, the patient was affected by the previously recorded biocurrents at the same points in the brain. At the same time, the reticular formation was stimulated by currents of 20–70 mA with a frequency of 450–1100 Hz using eye-occipital electrodes.

 Under this influence, the patient was called into deep sleep for 2-3 minutes, after which he felt refreshed and efficient. After 5 sessions, the patient returned to normal sleep, neurotic disorders disappeared, and performance increased. The induced artificial sleep practically did not differ from the physiological one.

 In addition, the imposition of brain biocurrents recorded after the introduction of a stimulant (sydnocarb) in a healthy person also caused an increase in physical and mental activity in the patient.

 The above examples do not exhaust all possible applications of the method for the treatment and prevention of various diseases.

List of references
1. A.S. USSR N 211752, 30 K, 16, 1968.

 2. A.S. USSR N 1233874, A 61 N 1/18, 1985.

 3. Patent RB N 1493, A 61 N 1/18, 1997.

 4. Patent RB N 1492, A 61 N 1/18, 1997.

 5. Patent RB N 1460, A 61 B 5/04, 1997.

Claims (4)

 1. The method of physiotherapeutic correction of the physiological state of a person, consisting of exposure to areas of the brain in the forehead and the nape of the patient with reproduced natural biocurrents previously recorded from the same parts of the human brain, and simultaneous irritation of the reticular formation of the patient’s brain with an electric current, characterized in that pre-recorded biocurrents from parts of the human brain in the forehead and occiput in the form of a continuous sequence of electrical pulses are subjected to frequency analysis and filtering, then sections containing noises and artifacts are removed from this pulse sequence and replaced by those that do not contain any, and another continuous pulse sequence is created from them, by which an effect is made.  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the pre-recorded biocurrents in the form of a continuous sequence of electrical pulses are subjected to frequency analysis and filtering, then selected individual pulses or groups of pulses that do not contain noise and / or artifacts, create another continuous pulse sequence from them by which the effect is produced.  3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the irritation of the reticular formation is carried out by electric current, smoothly and / or stepwise changing the voltage in the range of 2-240 V, and / or the current strength in the range of 2-70 mA, and / or frequency current in the range of 0.5-1700 Hz.  4. The method according to claim 1, or 2, or 3, characterized in that the effect is conducted by biocurrents previously recorded in a person under the influence of a medication.